Gibbus deformity: Lessons from incompletely treated osteomyelitis

Anees Siddiqi, MD; Anam Siddiqi, MD; Hasan Almohsen, MD; Brian Swehla, MD; Michele Bahrain, MD; Chrstopher Haas, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Apr 2022)

Gibbus deformity: Lessons from incompletely treated osteomyelitis

Anees Siddiqi, MD,
Anam Siddiqi, MD,
Hasan Almohsen, MD,
Brian Swehla, MD,
Michele Bahrain, MD,
Chrstopher Haas, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Anees Siddiqi, MD: Medstar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program; Baltimore, MD, USA; Corresponding author.
Anam Siddiqi, MD: Medical University of the Americas, St Kitts
Hasan Almohsen, MD: Medstar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program; Baltimore, MD, USA
Brian Swehla, MD: Department of Interventional Radiology, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center; Baltimore, MD, USA
Michele Bahrain, MD: Department of Infectious Disease, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center; Baltimore, MD, USA
Chrstopher Haas, MD, PhD: Medstar Health Internal Medicine Residency Program; Baltimore, MD, USA; Georgetown University School of Medicine; Washington, DC, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 1054 – 1056

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Gibbus deformity is defined by the collapse of one or more vertebral bodies, which results in kyphosis and is often the consequence of infection, metabolic, or congenital irregularities in the vertebrae. In this report we present a unique case of a young male with inadequately treated MRSA bacteremia complicated by lumbar osteomyelitis with progression to severe joint destruction and a marked Gibbus deformity.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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