Unusual presentation of a paraspinal mass with involvement of a lumbar facet joint and the epidural space

Orthopedics. 2006 Mar;29(3):265-7. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20060301-16.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Abscess / therapy
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Blood Sedimentation
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Debridement
  • Epidural Space / microbiology*
  • Epidural Space / surgery
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / microbiology*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
  • Male
  • Muscle, Skeletal / microbiology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / surgery
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / microbiology
  • Osteomyelitis / therapy
  • Spinal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Spinal Diseases / therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Therapeutic Irrigation
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / microbiology*
  • Zygapophyseal Joint / surgery

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Creatine Kinase