[Upper cervical discitis: case report]

No Shinkei Geka. 1994 Jul;22(7):657-60.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 48-year-old man complained of severe neck pain. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after intravenous injection of Gadolinium disclosed homogeneously enhanced masses in the retropharyngeal soft tissue, in the inter-vertebral disc space between C3 and C4, and in the spinal epidural space behind the vertebral body. The symptoms of the patient improved smoothly after intravenous injection of antibiotics without surgical procedure. In this case, MRI was very important and useful in the prompt diagnosis of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cervical Vertebrae*
  • Discitis / diagnosis*
  • Discitis / drug therapy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents