CT recognition of spinal epidural air after chest tube placement

Pediatr Radiol. 1995;25(3):228. doi: 10.1007/BF02021543.

Abstract

Intraspinal air has been described in patients undergoing diagnostic lumbar puncture and epidural analgesia, as a manifestation of degenerative disk disease, and after less common mechanisms, such as blunt trauma [1], strenuous exercise [2], and pelvic trauma [3]. We report a case of spinal epidural emphysema incidentally noted on CT after placement of a thoracostomy tube.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chest Tubes*
  • Emphysema / diagnostic imaging*
  • Emphysema / etiology
  • Epidural Space / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Diseases / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed