Kubilay KARABACAK, Gökhan GÜNDOĞDU, Gençer GENÇ, Abdurrahman BAKIR

Recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachis accompanied by Raynaud’s phenomenon

Pnömoraşi, spinal epidural alanda hava bulunmasıile karakterizedir. Bu yazıda, Raynaud fenomeni vesubkutan amfizemin eşlik ettiği tekrarlayıcı spontanpnömomediastinum atakları olan takip vizitleri sırasında radyolojik olarak pnömomediastinuma eşlik edenpnömoraşi tanısı konulan 21 yaşında bir erkek olgusunuldu.

Raynaud fenomeninin eşlik ettiği tekrarlayıcı spontan pnömomediastinum ve pnömoraşi

Pneumorrhachis is characterized by the air in the spinalepidural space. In this article, we report a 21-year-oldmale case with Raynaud’s phenomenon and recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum episodes accompanied by subcutaneous emphysema who was radiographically diagnosed with pneumomediastinum accompanied by pneumorrhachis during his follow-up visits.

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