A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection
Pyogenic facet joint infection is a rare but severe infection. The most common complaint on presentation is pain followed by fever, then neurologic impairment. While the lumbar spine is involved in the vast majority of cases presented in the literature, the case presented here occurred in the thorac...
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| description | Pyogenic facet joint infection is a rare but severe infection. The most common complaint on presentation is pain followed by fever, then neurologic impairment. While the lumbar spine is involved in the vast majority of cases presented in the literature, the case presented here occurred in the thoracic spine. The patient was a 48-year-old immune-competent female who presented with left back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated a facet effusion, paraspinal abscess, and epidural abscess in the level of 9th-11th thoracic vertebra. On the 6th day of treatment, she presented a neurological disorder and underwent decompressive laminectomy and surgical debridement. We observed immediate improvement as a result of the surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fbdcf2e9a8424d35a5caef75857363c12025-02-03T05:59:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572019-01-01201910.1155/2019/82529868252986A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint InfectionTomoyuki Setoue0Jun-ichiro Nakamura1Saiwai Tsurumi Hospital, 1-21 Toyooka, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0062, JapanSaiwai Tsurumi Hospital, 1-21 Toyooka, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0062, JapanPyogenic facet joint infection is a rare but severe infection. The most common complaint on presentation is pain followed by fever, then neurologic impairment. While the lumbar spine is involved in the vast majority of cases presented in the literature, the case presented here occurred in the thoracic spine. The patient was a 48-year-old immune-competent female who presented with left back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated a facet effusion, paraspinal abscess, and epidural abscess in the level of 9th-11th thoracic vertebra. On the 6th day of treatment, she presented a neurological disorder and underwent decompressive laminectomy and surgical debridement. We observed immediate improvement as a result of the surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8252986 |
| spellingShingle | Tomoyuki Setoue Jun-ichiro Nakamura A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection |
| title_full | A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection |
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| title_short | A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection |
| title_sort | rare case of thoracic pyogenic facet joint infection |
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