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Pneumorrhachis

Case contributed by Mostafa Elfeky
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Cough

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
ct

Normal CT of the chest.

Incidental note of intra-spinal extra-dural air foci along the dorsal spine.

Case Discussion

This is an example of non-traumatic pneumorrhachis, which is seen incidentally on normal chest CT done for cough.

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