Tuberculous spondylitis presenting as severe chest pain

This case report describes a 32-year-old male who presented to an emergency department with severe chest pain and a history of cough, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite and weight. Chest radiography revealed a left upper lobe consolidation and multiple compression deformities in the thoracic spin...

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Autores principales: Kaeser, Martha A., Kettner, Norman W., Albastaki, Usama, Kotb, Hossam Ahmed, Eldesouky, Ibrahim M.A., Pierre-Jerome, Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765441
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e42
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author Kaeser, Martha A.
Kettner, Norman W.
Albastaki, Usama
Kotb, Hossam Ahmed
Eldesouky, Ibrahim M.A.
Pierre-Jerome, Claude
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description This case report describes a 32-year-old male who presented to an emergency department with severe chest pain and a history of cough, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite and weight. Chest radiography revealed a left upper lobe consolidation and multiple compression deformities in the thoracic spine. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated significant kyphosis and vertebral plana at two thoracic levels. Anterior compression of the spinal cord and adjacent soft tissue masses were also noted.
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spelling pubmed-39812962014-04-24 Tuberculous spondylitis presenting as severe chest pain Kaeser, Martha A. Kettner, Norman W. Albastaki, Usama Kotb, Hossam Ahmed Eldesouky, Ibrahim M.A. Pierre-Jerome, Claude Clin Pract Case Report This case report describes a 32-year-old male who presented to an emergency department with severe chest pain and a history of cough, fever, night sweats, loss of appetite and weight. Chest radiography revealed a left upper lobe consolidation and multiple compression deformities in the thoracic spine. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated significant kyphosis and vertebral plana at two thoracic levels. Anterior compression of the spinal cord and adjacent soft tissue masses were also noted. PAGEPress Publications 2012-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3981296/ /pubmed/24765441 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e42 Text en ©Copyright M.A. Kaeser et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Tuberculous spondylitis presenting as severe chest pain
title Tuberculous spondylitis presenting as severe chest pain
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