A case of atypical presentation of thoracic osteomyelitis & paraspinal abscess

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-167

  Acharya, Utkarsh ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; RIB FRACTURE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 63049092473     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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