Erschienen in:
01.04.2008 | Case Report
Candida albicans osteomyelitis of the cervical spine
verfasst von:
Jang-Gyu Cha, Hyun-Sook Hong, Yoon-Woo Koh, Hee-Kyung Kim, Jung-Mi Park
Erschienen in:
Skeletal Radiology
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Ausgabe 4/2008
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Abstract
Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare infection that usually develops in immunocompromised patients. Additionally, involvement of the cervical spine by Candida albicans is extremely rare; only three previous cases of Candida vertebral osteomyelitis have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis may be delayed due to nonspecific radiologic findings and a slow progression. We report the CT, MRI, bone scan, and PET-CT findings in a patient who developed Candida osteomyelitis, which was initially misdiagnosed as metastasis, at the atlas and axis following treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer.