Vertebral plasma cellular osteomyelitis

• Published in: British journal of neurosurgery Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 357 - 360
• Main Authors: Gurelik, M, Goze, F, Karadag, O, Goksel, H M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Informa UK Ltd 01-08-2003; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Case studies; Chronic Disease; Chronic Recurrent Osteomyelitis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diseases of the spine; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical disorders; Medical sciences; Neurology; Osteomyelitis - diagnosis; Plasma Cell; Plasma Cells - pathology; Recurrence; Spinal Diseases - diagnosis; Spine; Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology; Tropical medicine; Human; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Male; Bone disease; spine; Spine disease; Blood plasma; Case study; Osteitis; Histological type; Dorsal spine; Chronic recurrent osteomyelitis; Diagnosis; Cell; Elderly; plasma cell
• ISSN: 0268-8697; 1360-046X
• DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001601270

Plasma cellular osteomyelitis is a chronic recurrent, unifocal or multifocal inflammatory disorder, which has an unknown aetiology. The infectious focus or foci may occur in different sites of the skeleton. This unusual clinical entity has been reported in over 200 cases in the relevant literature, but the involvement of the spine with plasma cellular osteomyelitis has not been reported before. Because of the rarity of this disease and the possible difficulty in differentiating plasma cell osteomyelitis, both clinically and histopathologically from the other similar afflictions of the spine, we describe our case.