Thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to chronic esophageal perforation

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Sreedharan, Loveena ^a   Lakshmanan, Palaniappan ^a   Shenfine, Jonathan ^a   Gibson, Michael J ^a   Griffin, S Michael ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Osteomyelitis; Perforation; Thoracic vertebra

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SEPSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 62649106686     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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