J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.
2001 Jun;25(3):519-522.
Paraplegia Caused by Infection Extending to Spine Due to Aspergillosis: A Case Report
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- 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Inha University College of Medicine.
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- Aspergillosis of the spine has been reported infrequently. It has usually been attributed to hematogenous infection, spread from an adjacent pulmonary infection. Acute paraplegia developed in a 68 year old man with aspergillus infection. Histopathologic findings showed aspergillus hyphae and magnetic resonance imaging study revealed mid thoracic cord compression. Direct extension of aspergillus infection caused an epidural abscess, vertebral destruction, thoracic spinal cord compression, and paraplegia.
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