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Hematogenous osteomyelitis complicating a closed compression fracture of the spine
B D Fellmeth1, R M DaSilva, D M Spengler
1Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Journal of Spinal Disorders
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case of hematogenous osteomyelitis of a vertebral body following a closed compression fracture is presented. Staphylococcus septicemia developed 7 days after the injury. In spite of prompt antibiotic treatment, osteomyelitis of the compressed T12 was recognized 5 weeks later. The role of indium white blood cell (WBC) scanning in establishing the diagnosis is highlighted.