title: [A case report of pyogenic spondylodiscitis mimicking spinal metastasis of urothelial carcinoma].
abstract: A 75-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of fever and backpain. He was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis, and was administered an antibiotic. However, since there was no improvement in the symptoms, he was admitted to our hospital. Computed tomography revealed a tumor which was in contact with a thoracic vertebra. Because he had had a total cystectomy for bladder cancer in the past, we suspected a spinal metastasis of urothelial carcinoma. However, after magnetic resonance imaging, we finally diagnosed it as pyogenic spondylodiscitis, and his condition improved after administration of antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumi
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siba
authors.forename: Sanehiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Momohara
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonomura
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okuyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D013492:Suppuration; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology