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Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Human Brucellar Spondylodiscitis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Cervical spondylodiscitis--a rare complication of palatopharyngeal flap surgery
Rikke Holmgaard1, Linda P Jakobsen
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. rikkeholmgaard@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Cervical spondylodiscitis was diagnosed in a 31-year-old man 2 months after palatopharyngeal flap surgery. Symptoms included pain in the neck and tingling and numbness in the left arm. The diagnosis was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, and the patient recovered on antibiotic treatment. We propose that the spondylodiscitis may have occurred as a result of a local infection in and around the surgical wound in the posterior pharyngeal wall.
