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The traumatic pneumomyelogram

A previously undescribed entity

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Air within the cervical subarachnoid space secondary to skull trauma (traumatic air myelogram or pneumomyelogram) has not been reported previously. Such a case is presented and the findings are reviewed in the light of existing literature.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA

    I. J. Gordon & D. R. Hardman

  2. Department of Radiology, Grady Memorial Hospital, 80 Butler Street, S.E., 30303, Atlanta, GA, USA

    I. J. Gordon

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Gordon, I.J., Hardman, D.R. The traumatic pneumomyelogram. Neuroradiology 13, 107–108 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339843

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