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Exogenous spondylodiscitis is a rare event and is usually iatrogenic. Non-iatrogenic exogenous spondylodiscitis has been described in the literature following transabdominal gunshot wounds associated with injury to the intestines and spine. Several cases of traumatic meningitis and one of a traumatic meningocele following an injury of the spinal sac have been reported. No report of exogenous spondylodiscitis complicating a stabwound has been published. This is a report of exogenous spondylodiscitis following a paravertebral stabwound with a knife in association with a superior wedge fracture of L2.
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Schulze, C.J., Mayer, H.M. Exogenous lumbar spondylodiscitis following a stabwound injury and vertebral fracture. Eur Spine J 4, 357–359 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300297
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