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dc.contributor.authorTuttle, N
dc.contributor.authorBrelis, A
dc.contributor.authorBrereton, R
dc.contributor.authorEvans, K
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-12T22:44:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-12T22:44:03Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1757-790X
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bcr-2017-222274
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/384630
dc.description.abstractA 54-year-old woman presented to a Sports Physician with a 4-year history of haemochromatosis, and she had a medical history that included a congenital spondylolisthesis resulting in a fusion of L4-S1 at age 16 years, episodic mechanical low back pain and an absence of other significant musculoskeletal symptoms. On presentation, she reported 18 months of severe low back pain that started after a scuba diving trip. After the onset of this low back pain, she developed gastrointestinal symptoms from Salmonella. The gastrointestinal symptoms improved with a course of antibiotics, but the back pain persisted in spite of analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and several attempts at different conservative management. CT imaging ordered by the Sports Physician demonstrated an erosive spondylodiscitis of L2/3 that was not present on initial investigations. However, even in the presence of significant bony changes, the patient was successfully treated with targeted conservative therapy.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMJ Case Reports
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2018
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode42
dc.titleSpondylodiscitis in a 54-year-old female scuba diver
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorBrelis, Alexandra
gro.griffith.authorBrereton, Rachel


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