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Thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis following catfish spine impalement
Elizabeth Sateren-Zoller1, Manish S Sharma, Thiha Tin
1At the Mayo Clinical Health System in Mankato, Minn., Elizabeth Sateren-Zoller practices neurosurgery, Manish S. Sharma is a consultant in neurologic surgery, Thiha Tin is an attending physician in internal medicine and infectious disease, Dominic M. Cannella is a consultant neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at the system's Immanuel St. Joseph Hospital, and Douglas Chyatte is a professor of neurosurgery. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
Although rare, thoracic osteomyelitis can occur when toxins from a catfish spine impalement to the hand spread via the blood. This article describes diagnosis and management of this condition in a man who required hospitalization for debilitating back pain that developed 3 weeks after the initial injury.
