Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Page 284 , February 2009

Woman With Low Back Pain

  • Yu-Tse Tsan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Sung-Yuan Hu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • National Taichung Nursing College, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chieh Lin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, Republic of China

  • Image Result

    The abdominal radiograph presenting free gas bubbles in the soft tissue over the paravertebral and retroperitoneal regions (arrows), with discal degeneration and space narrowing at the lumbar to sacra

    The abdominal radiograph presenting free gas bubbles in the soft tissue over the paravertebral and retroperitoneal regions (arrows), with discal degeneration and space narrowing at the lumbar to sacral vertebrae.

  • Image Result
    CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, with oral and intravenous contrast showing multifoci of air bubbles in back muscles beside the vertebra (arrows). Used with permission of Yu-Tse Tsan, MD, Department

    CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, with oral and intravenous contrast showing multifoci of air bubbles in back muscles beside the vertebra (arrows). Used with permission of Yu-Tse Tsan, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.

 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 294.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.05.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Page 284 , February 2009

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