title: [Non-Hodgkin lymphoma as differential spondylodiscitis diagnosis].
abstract: This case presents the history of a 56-year-old patient suffering from low back pain for a period of several weeks. The radiological und histopathological examination showed hints for a spondylodiscitis of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Due to a progressive destruction of the fifth vertebra a ventral stabilisation was performed. Again the histological examination showed the characteristics of an unspecific spodylodiscitis. The last biopsy, taken during the explantation of the fixateur interne showed a high malignant lymphoma. A course of chemotherapy was started following the CHOP-Protocol accompanied by radiotherapy. This case demonstrates that meticulous clinical examination as well as advanced radiological techniques can fail in rare differential diagnosis of spondylodiscitis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität zu Bonn.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perlick
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bäthis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Diedrich
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery