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ReviewSkeletal radiology2019

Spinal blastomycosis: unusual musculoskeletal presentation with literature review.

Seyed Emamian, Michael G Fox, Dustin Boatman, Felicia D Allard, Nicholas C Nacey

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Seyed EmamianMid-Atlantic Permanente Group (MAPMG), 2102 E. Jefferson St., Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
Michael G FoxDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, 1218 Lee Street, Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA. Fox.Michael@mayo.edu.
Dustin BoatmanDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, 1218 Lee Street, Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Felicia D AllardDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, 1218 Lee Street, Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Nicholas C NaceyDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, 1218 Lee Street, Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of a 41-year-old male who presented to our institution with a large groin mass. CT, MRI and PET imaging was performed and was concerning for a soft tissue abscess likely originating in the lumbar spine. Differential considerations included infection, with atypical infections such as tuberculosis strongly considered. Biopsy revealed fungal elements preliminarily reported as consistent with Cryptococcus neoformans but later revealed to be Blastomyces dermatitidis. The patient responded positively following the introduction of appropriate treatment. This case illustrates the imaging similarities between spinal blastomycosis, spinal tuberculosis, and other fungal infections as well as the need for biopsy to differentiate.

Indexed as

AdultAntifungal AgentsBlastomycesBlastomycosisDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLumbar VertebraeMaleSpinal DiseasesAntifungal AgentsAbscessBlastomycosisFungalInfectionMRISpinalTuberculosisVertebrae

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PMID31139922

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