1. Santa Casa de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. 2. Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, MG, Brazil. Mailing address: Dr. Dimitrius Nikolaos Jaconi Stamoulis. Departamento de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem – UFTM. Avenida Getúlio Guaritá, 130, Nossa Senhora da Abadia. Uberaba, MG, Brazil, 38025-250. E-mail: dimitriusss@hotmail. com. Known triggers include ac...

Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SPF) is an extremely rare complication that occurs after dural space and vertebral columns injuries. SPF is divided into two diagnoses based on the absence or presence of pneumocephalus and pneumorrachis. While pneumocephalus is defined as the presence of air the cranial cavity, if there is air in the spinal canal, this is defined as pneumorrhachis. In general, the...

DESCRIPTION A 57-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with blunt thoracic and abdominal trauma after being hit by a tree. CT of the thorax and abdomen was performed. Abdominal CT showed a large retroperitoneal haematoma secondary to an injury of celiac trunk; thoracic CT showed a right haemo-pneumothorax, a pneumomediastinum, a large basal lung contusion, a small dorsal right s...

A 41-year-old man with injury of right half of the thorax, fractures of the left crural bones and paralysis of the right upper limb was admitted to our hospital. A CT examination at admission revealed bilateral pulmonary contusion and bilateral fluid- and pneumothorax. In addition pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, subcutaneous emphysema and pneumorrhachis at the cervicothoracic transition w...