منابع مشابه
Case Report Melioidotic Spondylitis Mimicking Tuberculous Spondylitis
A 52-year-old man came to hospital with the chief complaint of backache for 4 months. The patient had had diabetes mellitus for 9 years. He had frequently traveled to northeastern Thailand. Four months prior to admission, he suffered from backache. The pain progressively increased in 2 months before admission with fever, weakness of both legs and difficult walking and urine voiding. Physical ex...
متن کاملComparison of Pyogenic Spondylitis and Tuberculous Spondylitis
Pyogenic spondylitis and tuberculous spondylitis are common causes of spinal infection. It is difficult to differentiate tuberculous spondylitis and pyogenic spondylitis clinically and radiologically. Recently magnetic resonance imaging has been reported to be beneficial for early diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the spondylitis, and is being used extensively for diagnosis. However, the ...
متن کاملTuberculous Spondylitis Following Kyphoplasty
Tuberculous spondylitis of the augmented vertebral column following percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty has rarely been described. We report an unusual case of tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP). A 61-year-old woman presented to our institution complaining of back pain following a fall 7 days before. Radiologic studies revealed an acute osteoporotic co...
متن کاملDifferentiation between Tuberculous Spondylitis and Pyogenic Spondylitis on MR Imaging
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of tuberculous spondylitis with pyogenic spondylitis. METHODS MR images of the spines of 41 patients with infectious spondylitis at our institution over 8-years of period were retrospectively reviewed. Eighteen patients with infective spondylitis were excluded because their results on the marrow biopsy an...
متن کاملTuberculous spondylitis: abscess drainage after failure of anti-tuberculous therapy.
Spinal tuberculous abscesses usually respond to anti-tuberculous drugs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical drainage after failure of first-line anti-tuberculous drugs. Patients with spinal instability or vertebral collapse were excluded from the study. The authors retrospectively reviewed 11 patients. The operation was successful in all patients. Anterior/posterio...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2224-7750,2074-2908
DOI: 10.3329/bsmmuj.v10i3.33700