Abstract | STUDY DESIGN: A case report. OBJECTIVES: SETTING: Hamamatsu Medical Center. CASE REPORT: A 73-year-old male being treated with antibiotics for a cervical spodylodiscitis deteriorated tetraplegia. Following a posterior decompression of the cervical spine and subsequent neurological recovery, hemoptysis occurred and a pseudoaneurysm of the aortic arch was identified. Emergent vascular graftings combined with dèbridement of the pseudoaneurysm and the infected cervical intervertebral disc were performed. The patient recovered gradually and the cervical spondylodiscitis disappeared. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | K Satake, T Iwase, A Kouyama, R Tauchi, K Ando |
Journal | Spinal cord
(Spinal Cord)
Vol. 46
Issue 11
Pg. 762-4
(Nov 2008)
ISSN: 1362-4393 [Print] England |
PMID | 18574488
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aneurysm, False
(etiology, pathology)
- Aorta, Thoracic
(pathology)
- Cervical Vertebrae
(pathology, surgery)
- Decompression, Surgical
(methods)
- Discitis
(complications, physiopathology)
- Humans
- Male
- Quadriplegia
(etiology, physiopathology)
- Recovery of Function
(physiology)
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