Actinomycotic osteomyelitis of the skull and atlas with late dissemination - A case of transient neurosurgical syndrome

J. P. Vannier; G. Schaison; B. George; I. Casin

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Actinomycotic osteomyelitis of the skull and atlas with late dissemination - A case of transient neurosurgical syndrome

J. P. Vannier, G. Schaison, B. George, I. Casin

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Abstract

Actinomycosis of the skull and/or the vertebral colum is extremely rare in previously healthy children and its diagnosis is difficult. A case is reported here involving the occipital bone and the atlas. The disease had started 4 years before diagnosis and presented as a neurosurgical affection in a 13-year-oldgirl. The disease spread towards the retropharyngeal space and probably disseminated to the liver and the lung. Actinomyces israeli grew from cultures. Antibiotic treatment was successful.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	316-318
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	145
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439411
State	Published - Sep 1986

Keywords

Actinomycosis atlas osteomyelitis
Retropharyngeal abscess

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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