Paraspinal Tropical Pyomyositis and Epidural Abscesses Presenting as Low Back Pain

We present the case of a 13-year-old patient who presented to the Emergency Department with low back and flank pain. Cross sectional imaging revealed paraspinal pyomyositis and epidural abscess. A detailed patient history revealed a recent lower extremity skin infection consistent with tropical pyom...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Lex A., Rooks, Veronica J., Martin, Jonathan E., Burgos, Ricardo M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307822
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v4i3.303
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description We present the case of a 13-year-old patient who presented to the Emergency Department with low back and flank pain. Cross sectional imaging revealed paraspinal pyomyositis and epidural abscess. A detailed patient history revealed a recent lower extremity skin infection consistent with tropical pyomyositis. Review of this case shows the importance for recommending either contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) imaging of the spine and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a recent skin infection and acute onset of back pain.
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spelling pubmed-48980712016-06-15 Paraspinal Tropical Pyomyositis and Epidural Abscesses Presenting as Low Back Pain Mitchell, Lex A. Rooks, Veronica J. Martin, Jonathan E. Burgos, Ricardo M. Radiol Case Rep Article We present the case of a 13-year-old patient who presented to the Emergency Department with low back and flank pain. Cross sectional imaging revealed paraspinal pyomyositis and epidural abscess. A detailed patient history revealed a recent lower extremity skin infection consistent with tropical pyomyositis. Review of this case shows the importance for recommending either contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) imaging of the spine and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a recent skin infection and acute onset of back pain. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4898071/ /pubmed/27307822 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v4i3.303 Text en © 2009 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898071/
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