title: [Vertebral actinomycosis with spinal cord compression. A case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vertebral involvement of actinomycosis is extremely rare and associated spinal cord compression is unusual.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 31-year-old man with vertebral actinomycosis presenting with spinal cord compression. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a paravertebral abscess and lytic areas on the vertebral body of C5 requiring emergency surgery and antibiotic treatment. The patient was still asymptomatic after 12 months of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical aspects of this unusual localization are reviewed. Treatment may be particularly difficult.
authors: Service de médecine interne, hôpital La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie. houman.habib@rns.tn
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Houman
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Ben Ghorbel
authors: N R
authors: NR
authors: Ben Achour
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Ezzaouia
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Fendri
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Zlitni
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Miled
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology*