Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine
Charcot's spine is a very uncommon long-term complication of spinal cord injury. Infection of the spine is a common pathology, but infection of a Charcot's spine is rare and is challenging to diagnose, especially in differentiating between the Charcot defect and the osteomyelitis defect. S...
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| author | Giedre Kučinskaite, MD Theodor Lutz, MD Sönke Frey, PhD, MD Mark Wetterkamp, MD Tobias L. Schulte, PhD, MD Carsten Lukas, PhD, MD |
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| description | Charcot's spine is a very uncommon long-term complication of spinal cord injury. Infection of the spine is a common pathology, but infection of a Charcot's spine is rare and is challenging to diagnose, especially in differentiating between the Charcot defect and the osteomyelitis defect. Surgical reconstruction has to be extremely individualized. A 65-year-old man with a history of thoracic spinal cord injury with paraplegia 49 years ago was admitted to our hospital with high fever and aphasia. After a thorough diagnostic process, destructive Charcot's spine and secondary infection were diagnosed. This report additionally reviews the surgical management of secondary infected destructive lumbar Charcot's spine and follows the patient's recovery and postoperative quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca59e4c7479642e1a72e3f33816802972023-06-15T04:55:28ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332023-08-0118828002805Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spineGiedre Kučinskaite, MD0Theodor Lutz, MD1Sönke Frey, PhD, MD2Mark Wetterkamp, MD3Tobias L. Schulte, PhD, MD4Carsten Lukas, PhD, MD5Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, Bochum, 44791, GermanyDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, St. Marien Hospital Hamm, GermanyDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, GermanyDepartment of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, GermanyDepartment of Orthopedics, Emergency Surgery and Hand Surgery, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Dusseldorf, Germany; Corresponding author.Institute of Neuroradiology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Corresponding author.Charcot's spine is a very uncommon long-term complication of spinal cord injury. Infection of the spine is a common pathology, but infection of a Charcot's spine is rare and is challenging to diagnose, especially in differentiating between the Charcot defect and the osteomyelitis defect. Surgical reconstruction has to be extremely individualized. A 65-year-old man with a history of thoracic spinal cord injury with paraplegia 49 years ago was admitted to our hospital with high fever and aphasia. After a thorough diagnostic process, destructive Charcot's spine and secondary infection were diagnosed. This report additionally reviews the surgical management of secondary infected destructive lumbar Charcot's spine and follows the patient's recovery and postoperative quality of life.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043323003084Case ReportCharcot's spineInfectionSpineReconstructive surgery |
| spellingShingle | Giedre Kučinskaite, MD Theodor Lutz, MD Sönke Frey, PhD, MD Mark Wetterkamp, MD Tobias L. Schulte, PhD, MD Carsten Lukas, PhD, MD Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine Radiology Case Reports Case Report Charcot's spine Infection Spine Reconstructive surgery |
| title | Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine |
| title_full | Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine |
| title_short | Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine |
| title_sort | diagnosis behind the mask a rare case of infected charcot s spine |
| topic | Case Report Charcot's spine Infection Spine Reconstructive surgery |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043323003084 |
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