ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Actinomycosis atlas osteomyelitis
;
Retropharyngeal abscess
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Actinomycosis of the skull and/or the vertebral colum is extremely rare in previously healthy children and its diagnosis is difficult. A case is reported here involving the occipital bone and the atlas. The disease had started 4 years before diagnosis and presented as a neurosurgical affection in a 13-year-oldgirl. The disease spread towards the retropharyngeal space and probably disseminated to the liver and the lung. Actinomyces israeli grew from cultures. Antibiotic treatment was successful.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00439411
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