Pyogenic spondylodiscitis due to pleurovertebral fistula complicating radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary carcinoma

Diagn Interv Imaging. 2015 May;96(5):511-3. doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2014.11.032. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

Authors

G R Ferretti¹, F Arbib²

Affiliations

¹ Inserm U823, institut A. Bonniot, clinique universitaire de radiologie et imagerie médicale, centre hospitalier universitaire A. Michallon, université J. Fourier, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France. Electronic address: gferretti@chu-grenoble.fr.
² Pôle d'oncologie, médecine aiguë communautaire, clinique universitaire de pneumologie, centre hospitalier universitaire A. Michallon, 38243 Grenoble, France.

PMID: 25704148
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2014.11.032

No abstract available

Keywords: Infectious complications; Radiofrequency ablation; Spinal infection; Spondilodiscitis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
Discitis / etiology*
Female
Fistula / complications
Fistula / etiology*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Pleural Diseases / complications
Pleural Diseases / etiology*
Respiratory Tract Fistula / complications
Respiratory Tract Fistula / etiology*
Spinal Diseases / complications
Spinal Diseases / etiology*
Suppuration
Thoracic Vertebrae*