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Intradural pneumorrhachis should prompt clinicians to search and treat any underlying injury of the skull, chest, or spinal column.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>OBSERVATIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 68-year-old man presented with a history of cardiopulmonary arrest together with pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus following a recurrent pneumothorax. The patient reported acute headaches with no other neurological symptoms. He was managed conservatively with bed rest for 48 hours following thoracoscopic talcage of his pneumothorax. Follow-up imaging showed regression of the pneumorrhachis, and the patient reported no other neurological symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>LESSONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Pneumorrhachis is an incidental radiological finding that self-resolves with conservative management. However, it can be a complication resulting from a serious injury. Therefore, close monitoring of neurological symptoms and complete investigations should be performed in patients with pneumorrhachis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3171\/case23129","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,23]],"date-time":"2023-05-23T09:30:32Z","timestamp":1684834232000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Pneumorrhachis and pneumocephalus resulting from pneumothorax: illustrative case"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Davaine Joel Ndongo","family":"Sonfack","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bilal","family":"Tarabay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jesse","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montr\u00e9al, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhi","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montr\u00e9al, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ghassan","family":"Boubez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montr\u00e9al, Montreal, Quebec, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Sh\u00e9did","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sung-Joo","family":"Yuh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"b1","series-title":"Neurosurg Rev","first-page":"731","article-title":"Traumatic pneumorrhachis: systematic review and an illustrative case","volume":"44","author":"Osunronbi T","year":"2021","unstructured":"Osunronbi T, Sofela A, Sharma H, Muquit S. 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