PMID: 3770003Sep 1, 1986Paper

Actinomycotic osteomyelitis of the skull and atlas with late dissemination. A case of transient neurosurgical syndrome

European Journal of Pediatrics
J P VannierI Casin

Abstract

Actinomycosis of the skull and/or the vertebral column is extremely rare in previously healthy children and its diagnosis is difficult. A case is reported here involving the occipital bone and the atlas. The disease had started 4 years before diagnosis and presented as a neurosurgical affection in a 13-year-old-girl. The disease spread towards the retropharyngeal space and probably disseminated to the liver and the lung. Actinomyces israeli grew from cultures. Antibiotic treatment was successful.

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