title: Simulation of pleural disease by disk space infection.
abstract: A young woman presented with the acute onset of pleuritic chest pain ahd pleural effusion which eventually proved to be secondary to an infected disk space. This complication most likely resulted from a paraspinal extension of the infection. Disk-space infection must be added to the differential diagnosis of acute pleural disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D010146:Pain; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013909:Thorax