Spontaneous cervicothoracolumbar pneumorrhachis, pneumomediastinum and pneumoperitoneum

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-243

  Al Mufarrej, Faisal ^a,c   Gharagozloo, Farid ^a,b   Tempesta, Barbara ^b   Margolis, Marc ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   (United States)

^c George Washington Medical Faculty Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumoperitoneum; Pneumorrhachis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOTHORACOLUMBAR PNEUMORRHACHIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349247879     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2008.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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