Gas Bubbles in the Bone:
A Case Report
Published: July 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.8200
Bita Abbasi, Farrokh Seilanian-Toosi, Sirous Nekooei, Behrang Rezvani Kakhki, Reza Akhavan
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Reza Akhavan,
MD. Edalatian Emergency Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Razi sq. Mashhad, Iran.
E-mail: akhavanr@mums.ac.ir
Abstract
Intraosseous pneumatocysts are benign gas-filled cavities within bones which are most commonly found in ilium, sacrum and vertebrae. The lesions are asymptomatic and found incidentally while evaluating for other injuries. Here, we present an intraosseous pneumatocyst of ilium in a 23-year-old male patient. Although once thought to be rare, intraossseous pneumatocyst are now believed to be more common. Thus, familiarity with their appearance is essential to avoid unnecessary workup. Intraosseous pneumatocysts are differentiated from more clinically significant differential diagnoses like osteonecrosis and osteomyelitis by their characteristic appearance of intraosseous air collections with sclerotic rim.
Keywords
Ilium, Intraosseous, Pneumatocyst, Tomography