Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rarest form of spinal infections and is characterized by the presence of pus in the space between the dura mater, and the osseoligamentous confines of the vertebral canal. This can cause spinal injury due to direct compression or local ischemia. The major etiology...
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| author | Souvagya Panigrahi Abhijit Acharya Sarita Otta Sumirini Puppala |
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| description | Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rarest form of spinal infections and is characterized by the presence of pus in the space between the dura mater, and the osseoligamentous confines of the vertebral canal. This can cause spinal injury due to direct compression or local ischemia. The major etiology of SEA is bacterial and tuberculous in endemic regions. The incidence of fungal spinal abscess is relatively low and <5% of SEA is attributable to fungi. We, here, report a case of 77-year-old known patient of chronic renal disease on hemodialysis that presented with low-back pain for 15 days and was subsequently diagnosed with SEA by magnetic resonance imaging, and causative organism was identified as Candida by culture. The abscess was surgically drained after laminectomy. The patient improved with surgery and antifungal treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3394e59bed7748a381a018059ffd88102023-10-26T07:27:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology2212-55312212-554X2023-01-0112336436610.4103/ijmy.ijmy_115_23Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spineSouvagya PanigrahiAbhijit AcharyaSarita OttaSumirini PuppalaSpinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rarest form of spinal infections and is characterized by the presence of pus in the space between the dura mater, and the osseoligamentous confines of the vertebral canal. This can cause spinal injury due to direct compression or local ischemia. The major etiology of SEA is bacterial and tuberculous in endemic regions. The incidence of fungal spinal abscess is relatively low and <5% of SEA is attributable to fungi. We, here, report a case of 77-year-old known patient of chronic renal disease on hemodialysis that presented with low-back pain for 15 days and was subsequently diagnosed with SEA by magnetic resonance imaging, and causative organism was identified as Candida by culture. The abscess was surgically drained after laminectomy. The patient improved with surgery and antifungal treatment.http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=3;spage=364;epage=366;aulast=Panigrahicandida tropicalisfungal spinal epidural abscessspinal epidural abscessspinal infections |
| spellingShingle | Souvagya Panigrahi Abhijit Acharya Sarita Otta Sumirini Puppala Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine International Journal of Mycobacteriology candida tropicalis fungal spinal epidural abscess spinal epidural abscess spinal infections |
| title | Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| title_full | Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| title_fullStr | Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| title_short | Spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| title_sort | spinal fungal abscess mimicking as potts spine |
| topic | candida tropicalis fungal spinal epidural abscess spinal epidural abscess spinal infections |
| url | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2023;volume=12;issue=3;spage=364;epage=366;aulast=Panigrahi |
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