Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis
We present a case of vertebral osteomyelitis presenting as chest pain. The patient initially underwent a CT chest angiogram to rule out a pulmonary embolism, which incidentally showed a soft tissue vertebral mass at T3-T4 disk space. Subsequent thoracic vertebral MRI was consistent with osteomyeli...
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| description | We present a case of vertebral osteomyelitis presenting as chest pain. The patient initially underwent a CT chest angiogram to rule out a pulmonary embolism, which incidentally showed a soft tissue vertebral mass at T3-T4 disk space. Subsequent thoracic vertebral MRI was consistent with osteomyelitis with cord compression. Tissue culture from a CT-guided biopsy grew MRSA. The patient was successfully treated with Vancomycin. This is a rare presentation of vertebral osteomyelitis which poses an interesting diagnostic challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-34c5f0a2d78a494982b7e83d7c5a16bc2025-02-03T01:22:10ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352013-01-01201310.1155/2013/416498416498Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral OsteomyelitisCristian Landa0Stanley Giddings1Pramod Reddy2Department of Medicine, College of Medicine-Jacksonville, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USADepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine-Jacksonville, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USADepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine-Jacksonville, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USAWe present a case of vertebral osteomyelitis presenting as chest pain. The patient initially underwent a CT chest angiogram to rule out a pulmonary embolism, which incidentally showed a soft tissue vertebral mass at T3-T4 disk space. Subsequent thoracic vertebral MRI was consistent with osteomyelitis with cord compression. Tissue culture from a CT-guided biopsy grew MRSA. The patient was successfully treated with Vancomycin. This is a rare presentation of vertebral osteomyelitis which poses an interesting diagnostic challenge.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/416498 |
| spellingShingle | Cristian Landa Stanley Giddings Pramod Reddy Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis |
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| title_short | Chest Pain? An Unusual Presentation of Vertebral Osteomyelitis |
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