Cervical spine spondylodiscitis mimicking teardrop fracture

Pyogenic spondylodiscitis can have nonspecific clinical and imaging presentations. In this report, we describe a case of pyogenic spondylodisicits of cervical spine mimicking teardrop fracture on radiography. Subsequent CT-guided biopsy helped identify the correct diagnosis and the responsible patho...

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Autores principales: Garel, Brittany, Ouyang, Tao, Thamburaj, Krishnamoorthy, Nguyen, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307887
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v6i1.461
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Sumario:Pyogenic spondylodiscitis can have nonspecific clinical and imaging presentations. In this report, we describe a case of pyogenic spondylodisicits of cervical spine mimicking teardrop fracture on radiography. Subsequent CT-guided biopsy helped identify the correct diagnosis and the responsible pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus.

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