Acetabular pneumatocyst containing air-fluid level

Eur Radiol. 1999;9(8):1647-9. doi: 10.1007/s003300050902.

Abstract

The presence of intraosseous gas most commonly occurs in osteomyelitis, vacuum phenomenon, and postsurgery or posttraumatic states. Several cases of subchondral gas-filled lesions, called pneumatocysts, have also been described in the sacroiliac joint and clavicle, none of them with intralesional air-fluid level. These pneumatocysts are innocuous lesions of uncertain origin. We describe one case of acetabular pneumatocyst containing air-fluid level in a 62-year-old man with long-standing ankylosing spondylitis involving hip joint. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a pneumatocyst in an acetabular location containing air-fluid level.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetabulum* / diagnostic imaging
  • Acetabulum* / pathology
  • Bone Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Bone Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Gases
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / complications
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Gases