Autor: |
Anas Sayed Suliman Atassi, MD, George K. Vilanilam, MBBS, Rangarajan Purushothaman, MD, Razvan Zemianschi, MD, Ishan Pandey, BBA, Kurt J. Messer, MD, Surjith Vattoth, MD, FRCR |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 19, Iss 7, Pp 2719-2723 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1930-0433 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.radcr.2024.02.039 |
Popis: |
Vertebral osteomyelitis is a well-documented disease entity in literature with various known etiologies. However, vertebral diskitis-osteomyelitis secondary to an infected aortic aneurysm is an uncommon and life-threatening complication. We present the case of a 65-year-old male patient who presented with chronic low back pain that acutely worsened for 1 to 1.5 months and was diagnosed with vertebral diskitis-osteomyelitis secondary to a contiguous infection from an adjacent mycotic aortic aneurysm. To our knowledge, this is one of the few cases reported of vertebral diskitis-osteomyelitis secondary to mycotic aortic aneurysm. We discuss the findings on CT and MRI, as well as the value of imaging in guiding management. |
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