RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Enlarging Vertebral Body Pneumatocysts in the Cervical Spine
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1707
OP 1710
VO 24
IS 8
A1 Kitagawa, Tomoaki
A1 Fujiwara, Atsushi
A1 Tamai, Kazuya
A1 Kobayashi, Naoki
A1 Saiki, Kazuhiko
A1 Omata, Sadatoshi
A1 Saotome, Koichi
YR 2003
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/8/1707.abstract
AB Summary: An intravertebral pneumatocyst is a relatively rare condition, and its natural course and etiology are unclear. We report a case of intravertebral pneumatocysts in the C5 vertebra that gradually enlarged during a 16-month period as documented by follow-up CT. In addition, direct communication was observed between the gas in the intervertebral disk and another pneumatocyst in the C6 vertebral body, which suggests that the gas in the pneumatocyst had an association with the gas in the degenerated intervertebral disk.