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Case Reports
. 1999 Mar 15;24(6):574-7.
doi: 10.1097/00007632-199903150-00015.

Cervical spondylodiscitis after removal of a fishbone. A case report

A van Ooij  1 , J J Manni, E A Beuls, G H Walenkamp
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Cervical spondylodiscitis after removal of a fishbone. A case report

A van Ooij et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). .

Abstract

Study design: A case report of cervical spondylodiscitis after removal of a lodged fishbone.

Objectives: To present a rare case of cervical spondylodiscitis and to inform the readers that a lodged fishbone can give rise to this complication after its removal.

Summary of background data: In the literature, only one mention of this complication was found.

Methods: The literature, clinical presentation, technical examinations, and treatment are reviewed.

Results: Prolonged antibiotic treatment and immobilization of the cervical spine resulted in a cure of the spondylodiscitis.

Conclusions: After removal of a lodged fishbone, a cervical spondylodiscitis is possible, but this is a very rare complication. In this patient, conservative treatment resulted in a cure of the infection. Successive magnetic resonance imaging investigations showed the extent of the destruction of the vertebral bodies and disc very well, as well as the curation of the spondylodiscitis after 5 months.

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