Anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion for blastomycosis causing destruction of C6 vertebra: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We describe a patient who had cervical spine osteomyelitis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis that resulted in cord compression and cervical spine instability. CASE PRESENTATION: A 25-year-old Hispanic woman presented with fever, sweats, neck pain, and an enlarging neck mass with purul...

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Autores principales: Patel, Kushal R., Szczodry, Michal, Neckrysh, Sergey, Siemionow, Krzysztof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4658788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26607290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0762-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4658788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26607290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0762-x

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