Recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachis accompanied by Raynaud's phenomenon

Kubilay Karabacak; Gençer Genç; Gökhan Gündoğdu; Abdurrahman Bakır

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6880

Kubilay Karabacak¹, Gençer Genç², Gökhan Gündoğdu³, Abdurrahman Bakır⁴

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mareşal Çakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
²Department of Neurology, Mareşal Çakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
³Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mareşal Çakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
⁴Department of Neurosurgery, Mareşal Çakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6880

Pneumorrhachis is characterized by the air in the spinal epidural space. In this article, we report a 21-year-old male 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.

Keywords : Pneumorrhachis; Raynaud’s phenomenon; recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum

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