Travmatik pnömoraşi: olgu sunumu

Abstract

Spinal kanal içerisinde hava bulunması olarak tanımlanan pnömoraşi nadir görülen bir klinik durumdur. Bu yazıda yüksekten düşen majör kafa travması olan ve pnömoraşi tespit edilen bir hasta sunmayı amaçladık. 52 yaşında erkek hasta 3 metre yüksekte üzüm toplarken merdivenden düşme nedeniyle ambulans ile acil servisimize getirildi. Hastada subaraknoidal kanama, subdural kanama, pnömosefali ve frontal, temporal ve paryetal kemikte kırık vardı. Servikal spinal kanalda hava dansiteleri tespit edildi. Travmatik pnömoraşi eşlik eden ciddi yaralanması bir göstergesi olması açısından önemlidir.

Keywords

• Pnömoraşi
• Kafatası kırığı
• intraspinal hava

Traumatic Pneumorrhachis: A Case Report

Abstract

Pneumorrhachis, defined as the presence of air in the spinal canal, is a rare clinical condition. In this article, we aimed to present a patient with significant head trauma who fell from a height and was diagnosed with pneumorrhachis. A 52-year-old male patient was brought to our emergency department by ambulance due to falling from the stairs while picking grapes at a height of 3 meters. The patient had a subarachnoidal hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage, pneumocephalus, and fractures in the frontal, temporal, and parietal bones. Air densities were detected in the cervical spinal canal. Traumatic pneumorrhachis is essential as an indicator of accompanying severe injury.

Keywords

• Pneumorrhachis
• Intraspinal air
• Skull fracture

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