An ominous cause of back pain: Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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Stead, Trilok
Shah, Aanchal [1 ]
Bandi, Sumedha [2 ]
Neumeister, James [3 ]
Coker, Phillip [4 ]
Ganti, Latha
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[1] Florida State Univ, Coll Med, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[2] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[3] Ocala Reg Med Ctr, Emergency Med, Ocala, FL USA
[4] Lakeland Reg Hlth Med Ctr, Emergency Med, Lakeland, FL USA
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10.52965/001c.32243
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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The authors present the case of a patient seen for back pain in the emergency department, initially discharged home with a diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain. He returned a week later and was found to have vertebral osteomyelitis based on a thorough neurologic exam. A review of ominous causes of back pain, including the elusive nature of vertebral osteomyelitis/diskitis is discussed.
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