Pleuritic Chest Pain as an Initial Presentation of Pyogenic Spondylitis.

Keisuke Kuroda, Hirofumi Nakazaki, Yuri Shibata, Hiroki Ikeda, Akira Yamasaki

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bilateral Massive Pleural Effusion Caused by Spinal Instability in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Rare but Potentially Serious Complication of Spinal Fracture.Respirology case reports · 2025
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5 authors.

Keisuke KurodaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tottori Red Cross Hospital, Tottori, JPN.

Hirofumi NakazakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tottori Red Cross Hospital, Tottori, JPN.

Yuri ShibataDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, JPN.

Hiroki IkedaDivision of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Sensory and Motor Organs, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, JPN.

Akira YamasakiDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, JPN.

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Abstract

Pyogenic spondylitis typically presents with back and neck pain, fever, and fatigue. Sharp chest pain upon deep breathing, commonly associated with pleurisy, is not a typical manifestation of pyogenic spondylitis. We report a case of pleuritic chest pain as the initial presentation of pyogenic spondylitis. A 62-year-old male patient presented with a one-week history of right-sided pleuritic chest pain and fever. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a right pleural effusion. The patient was initially treated for bacterial pleurisy without improvement and subsequently developed back pain. Blood cultures yielded methicillin-resistant

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mrsapleural effusionpleurisypyogenic spondylitisstaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID40385852

DOI10.7759/cureus.82501

PMCPMC12085958

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