title: Candida albicans osteomyelitis of the cervical spine.
abstract: Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare infection that usually develops in immunocompromised patients. Additionally, involvement of the cervical spine by Candida albicans is extremely rare; only three previous cases of Candida vertebral osteomyelitis have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis may be delayed due to nonspecific radiologic findings and a slow progression. We report the CT, MRI, bone scan, and PET-CT findings in a patient who developed Candida osteomyelitis, which was initially misdiagnosed as metastasis, at the atlas and axis following treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174 Jung-Dong, Wonmi-Gu, Bucheon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 420-767, Republic of Korea. mj4907@schbc.ac.kr
authors.forename: Jang-Gyu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Hyun-Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yoon-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Hee-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung-Mi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*