CASE HISTORY/CLINIC:
34-year-old polytraumatised patient with complex injury of the lumbar vertebrae
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FINDINGS:
H
yperdense (70HE) intraspinal, epidural fluid accumulation with isolated hypodense inclussions having signal similar to air.
The injury of the lumbar vertebrae (i.e. fractures etc.) is not shown.


DIAGNOSIS:
Open injury of the vertebral column with spinal epidural hematoma and epidural emphysema.


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Myelography



web resources:

1) Röntgeninstitut Nürnberg
2) AWMF
3) ACR Learningfile


 




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