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Published on: February 2, 2024
Candida albicans osteomyelitis of the cervical spine
Jang-Gyu Cha1, Hyun-Sook Hong, Yoon-Woo Koh
1Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174 Jung-Dong, Wonmi-Gu, Bucheon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 420-767, Republic of Korea. mj4907@schbc.ac.kr
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.
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