title: Vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abcess due to mucormycosis, a case report.
abstract: A patient is described, with a history of pain in the neck, followed by a slowly progressive loss of muscle strength in both arms, followed by tetraplegia. Medical history included laryngectomy with partial hypopharyngectomy preceded by radiotherapy, because of carcinoma. X-ray of the cervical spine was suggestive for metastases. The patient died as a consequence of massive pulmonary embolism and at autopsy the cause of the neurological deficit turned out to be vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess due to mucormycosis.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology