The Traumatic Vacuum Phenomenon at the Anterior Portion of the Spine: A Clue to Extensive Spinal Fracture
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract: A sixty-seven-year-old man complained back pain after falling from a ladder. On arrival, he had no neurological deficits in either leg. Emergency truncal computed tomography (CT) demonstrated multiple rib fractures with lung contusion and air density at the anterior portion of the 12th thoracic spine with fracture of the spinous process. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an area of high intensity at the anterior portion of the 10 and 11th thoracic spine with the posterior portion of the 11 and 12th thoracic spine, suggesting extensive unstable lower thoracic fracture. The present case suggested that air density at the anterior portion of the spine on the CT might be an important clue that suggests the existence of rare extensive thoracic spinal fracture.
Authors and Affiliations
Youichi Yanagawa, Nobuhiko Hasegawa, Rhosuke Takahashi, Ikuto Takeuchi, Akira Itoi
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