2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2014.04.008
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‘Abnormal’ cervical imaging?: Cervical pneumatocysts – A case report of a cervical spine pneumatocyst

Abstract: PneumatocystComputed tomography a b s t r a c t To our knowledge there are only 15 reported cases of pneumatocysts in the cervical spine, but awareness of their existence should help the clinician when diagnosing abnormalities in radiological images. When faced with intravertebral gas, in addition to considering more sinister causes, one should consider the differentials including pneumatocysts. Despite our relative lack of understanding of these benign lesions the knowledge that they can change over time shou… Show more

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“…These lytic lesions show attenuation values of −950 to −580 Hounsfield units (HU), which is pathognomonic of pneumatocysts. 10 Intraosseous pneumatocysts are benign lesions and require no specific treatment, although growing lesions may need to be monitored if they pose a risk of fracture. 10 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These lytic lesions show attenuation values of −950 to −580 Hounsfield units (HU), which is pathognomonic of pneumatocysts. 10 Intraosseous pneumatocysts are benign lesions and require no specific treatment, although growing lesions may need to be monitored if they pose a risk of fracture. 10 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Los neumoquistes intraóseos deben diferenciarse de otras causas de colecciones gaseosas intraóseas como osteomielitis, osteonecrosis o tumores óseos. 3 Debido a la escasa evidencia respecto de esa lesión a nivel de la columna lumbar, es que se reporta un caso de neumoquiste vertebral lumbar además de una revisión de la literatura.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…5 En relación a la presentación clínica, esa lesión habitualmente ha sido reportada como asintomática, no presentando un cuadro característico, por lo que su diagnóstico corresponde a un hallazgo incidental en el estudio imagenológico de pacientes que se consultan por síntomas asociados a la patología degenerativa espinal concomitante. 2,3 Kitagawa y col., plantean la presencia de dos grupos; por un lado, pacientes en un rango etario entre 49 y 69 años con evidencias de cambios degenerativos a nivel discal y vertebral, asociados al hallazgo del neumoquiste en el estudio imagenológico y en la contraparte, pacientes jóvenes, sin cambios degenerativos y con la presencia de un neumoquiste intravertebral de menor tamaño (2-5mm de diámetro). 9 En cuanto a los estudios imagenológicos, como ya se mencionó previamente, el neumoquiste es un hallazgo incidental en la mayoría de los casos.…”
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