EXTENSIVE INTRAOSSEOUS GAS ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS OF BONE - REPORT OF 3 CASES

Authors
BROWN RR PATHRIA MN RUGGIERI PM JACOBSON JA CRAIG JG RESNICK D
Citation
Rr. Brown et al., EXTENSIVE INTRAOSSEOUS GAS ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS OF BONE - REPORT OF 3 CASES, Radiology, 205(1), 1997, pp. 260-262
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
205
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
260 - 262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1997)205:1<260:EIGAWL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Asymptomatic pneumatosis may be found in patients with lymphangiomatos is of bone. The authors report three cases from three institutions in which development of intraosseous gas in association with lymphangioma tosis of bone was found incidentally at imaging. Soft-tissue emphysema also developed in two cases. In all three cases, intraosseous gas dev eloped after biopsy or surgery in the areas involved with lymphangioma tosis.