title: Thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis: an unusual complication of Crohn's disease.
abstract: Vertebral osteomyelitis complicating Crohn's disease is a rare occurrence and mostly occurred in patients with Crohn's disease complicated by an abscess or fistulising disease. We report a case of thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis, occurring in a refractory Crohn's disease without contiguous abscess or fistula with the bowel.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland.
authors.forename: Olushola
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery/Colorectal, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Co.Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Nithiananthan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mayooran
authors.affiliation: Department of General/Colorectal, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland.
authors.forename: Nasir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed