Cervical pneumorrhachis secondary to a basal skull fracture

Cranial computed tomography (CT) showed a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, a left frontal subdural hematoma, a right parietal subdural hematoma, and multiple fractures of the right parietal and temporal bone, zygomatic arch, mandible, and sphenoid sinus associated with pneumocephalus [Figure 1]; C...

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Published in:Neurology India 2015-09, Vol.63 (5), p.800-801
Main Authors: Bellil, Mehdi, Hadhri, Khaled, Tebourbi, Anis
Format: Article
Language:English
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Care and treatment
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Hemorrhage
Pain
Patient outcomes
Risk factors
Skull fractures
Spinal stenosis
Trauma
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Summary:Cranial computed tomography (CT) showed a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, a left frontal subdural hematoma, a right parietal subdural hematoma, and multiple fractures of the right parietal and temporal bone, zygomatic arch, mandible, and sphenoid sinus associated with pneumocephalus [Figure 1]; CT of the cervical spine [Figure 2] as well as lateral cervical plain X-ray [Figure 3] showed air in the spinal canal.
ISSN:0028-3886
1998-4022
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.166536