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Spondylitis of thoracic spine: Case report

Timotijević Slađan (Ortopedska klinika, Medicinski fakultet, Kosovska Mitrovica)
Basara Vojislav (Institut za ortopedsko-hirurške bolesti 'Banjica', Beograd)
Vukašinović Zoran (Institut za ortopedsko-hirurške bolesti 'Banjica', Beograd)
Jovanović Petar (Hirurška klinika, Medicinski fakultet, Kosovska Mitrovica)
Timotijević Ljiljana (Gradski zavod za zaštitu od plućnih bolesti i tuberkuloze, Beograd)

Introduction Spondylitis is a rare bone and joint infection. It is a disease with long clinical history. Often, it is difficult to recognise symptoms at a proper time, and, due to the complex clinical outcome of spondylitis, a clinician may think about other problems in the body. Case Outline A case report of a 59-year-old male patient with thoracic spine spondylitis is presented, formerly treated as pulmonary thromboembolism with pericarditis. Only after neurological disorder such as paraplegia and orthopaedic consultative examination, real diagnosis was established. After that, the patient was hospitalized and operated on. Conclusion A therapeutic approach to spondylitis is based on surgery, antibiotic drugs and symptomatic therapy. Due to the frequent occurrence of neurologic disorders, therapy could be prolonged and uncertain. .

Keywords: spondylitis of thoracic spine, paraplegia, treatment