Fatty infiltration of osseous structures: a long-term complication of oleothorax--case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Thoracic imaging of a patient treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with oleothorax therapy before the antibiotic era demonstrated a rare complication. Gross invasion by lipid with subsequent pathologic fracture of the adjacent thoracic vertebra may give rise to symptomatic spinal cord compression. Magnetic resonance imaging is a useful modality for help in diagnosing treatment complications of oleothorax.
Medical subject headings
- Collapse Therapy
- Fractures, Spontaneous
- Paraffin
- Spinal Fractures
- Thoracic Vertebrae
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary