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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
The MR imaging findings of fungal spinal osteomyelitis in three recipients of organ transplants showed hypointensity of the vertebral bodies on T1-weighted sequences in all cases. Signal changes and enhancement extended into the posterior elements in two cases. Multiple-level disease was present in two cases (with a total of five intervertebral disks involved in three cases). All cases lacked hyperintensity within the disks on T2-weighted images. In addition, the intranuclear cleft was preserved in four of five affected disks at initial MR imaging. MR features in Candida and Aspergillus spondylitis that are distinct from pyogenic osteomyelitis include absence of disk hyperintensity and preservation of the intranuclear cleft on T2-weighted images. Prompt recognition of these findings may avoid delay in establishing a diagnosis and instituting treatment of opportunistic osteomyelitis in the immunocompromised patient.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0195-6108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
381-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Aspergillosis, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Candidiasis, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Image Enhancement, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Immunocompromised Host, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Intervertebral Disc, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Lumbar Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Lung Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Opportunistic Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Osteomyelitis, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Spinal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Spondylitis, pubmed-meshheading:10219401-Thoracic Vertebrae
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Fungal spinal osteomyelitis in the immunocompromised patient: MR findings in three cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports