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  • Title: [Vertebral vacuum phenomena].
    Author: Hamzé B, Leaute F, Wybier M, Laredo JD.
    Journal: Ann Radiol (Paris); 1995; 38(4):186-91. PubMed ID: 8745600.
    Abstract:
    The spinal vacuum phenomenon is a collection of gas within the disk space, the vertebral body, the apophyseal joint or the spinal canal. The intradiscal vacuum phenomenon is frequently observed in degenerative disk disease and crystal-induced diskopathy. This has obvious significance to the radiologist, who, on observing a narrowed disk space or collapsed vertebral body, might otherwise consider infectious or neoplastic spondylitis, a likely possibility. The presence of vacuum phenomenon militates against the diagnosis of infection or tumor.
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