“…2,5,10,13 Three reports described two cases of injury that showed collection of air in the spinal canal on CT scanning; 5,13 and one case of herniation of the small bowel loop into the spinal canal was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 11 Seven cases had positive laparotomy findings, obtained on the basis of diagnostic peritoneal lavage, 7,8 barium meal 4,6,7,10 and sonography. 12…”