Kitagawa Tomoaki, Fujiwara Atsushi, Tamai Kazuya, Kobayashi Naoki, Saiki Kazuhiko, Omata Sadatoshi, Saotome Koichi
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu-machin, Tochigi, Japan.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Sep;24(8):1707-10.
An intravertebral pneumatocyst is a relatively rare condition, and its natural course and etiology are unclear. We report a case of intravertebral pneumatocysts in the C5 vertebra that gradually enlarged during a 16-month period as documented by follow-up CT. In addition, direct communication was observed between the gas in the intervertebral disk and another pneumatocyst in the C6 vertebral body, which suggests that the gas in the pneumatocyst had an association with the gas in the degenerated intervertebral disk.
椎体内气囊是一种相对罕见的病症,其自然病程和病因尚不清楚。我们报告一例C5椎体椎体内气囊病例,经随访CT记录,该气囊在16个月内逐渐增大。此外,观察到椎间盘内的气体与C6椎体的另一个气囊之间存在直接连通,这表明气囊内的气体与退变椎间盘中的气体有关联。