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A Rare Case of Pheohyphomycotic Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Mistreated as Koch’s Spine
Joint Authors
Modi, Hitesh N.
Goel, Shakti A.
Desai, Yatin J.
Thaker, Harshal P.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Pheohyphomycosis is an uncommon infection and its association in spondylodiscitis has not yet been reported.
The purpose of this case report is to describe a rare case of Pheohyphomycotic spondylodiscitis and methods to diagnose and manage the patient with less invasive techniques.
A 29-year-old male patient presented to the outpatient department with complaints of gradually increasing low back pain with bilateral lower limbs radicular pain since one and a half years.
He had associated fever, weight loss, voice changes, and dry, scaly, erythematous skin with elevated ESR.
The patient had been taking anti-Koch’s therapy since 1 year with little relief in pain and no radiological improvement.
Percutaneous pedicle biopsy of L4 vertebra was taken under local anaesthesia and confirmed Pheohyphomycosis which was treated with antifungal medications.
The patient showed sequential improvement with long term antifungal treatment.
He was eventually able to walk independently without support.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Goel, Shakti A.& Modi, Hitesh N.& Desai, Yatin J.& Thaker, Harshal P.. 2016. A Rare Case of Pheohyphomycotic Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Mistreated as Koch’s Spine. Case Reports in Orthopedics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Goel, Shakti A.…[et al.]. A Rare Case of Pheohyphomycotic Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Mistreated as Koch’s Spine. Case Reports in Orthopedics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102125
American Medical Association (AMA)
Goel, Shakti A.& Modi, Hitesh N.& Desai, Yatin J.& Thaker, Harshal P.. A Rare Case of Pheohyphomycotic Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Mistreated as Koch’s Spine. Case Reports in Orthopedics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1102125
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1102125