Pneumorachis and pneumocephalus: Case report of a rare blunt chest trauma complication.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pneumorachis, air in the spinal canal, is very rare and its association with pneumocephalus following blunt thoracic trauma remains exceptionally uncommon.

Case presentation

We present the case of a 65-year-old patient, a pedestrian hit by a car driving at very high speed. The lesion assessment on admission showed a bilateral hemothorax of moderate abundance, a right pneumothorax of low abundance and a left pneumothorax of moderate abundance, subcutaneous cervico-dorsal emphysema, pneumocephalus and significant pneumorachis at the cervico-dorsal level without fracture of the base of the skull, sinuses or the spine.

Discussion

We discuss the different etiologies of pneumorachis, the main hypotheses of the constitution of this air effusion and the principle

SUBMITTER: Laaribi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8844743 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature