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Spinal Syndromes

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Fungal infections of the spine are rare. They usually affect the immunosuppressed population. Most of the time, the symptoms are indolent and nonspecific, which makes difficult its early diagnosis. The histopathological diagnosis is mandatory for its adequate treatment. Cases that do not present with neurological deficits, instability, deformities, or abscesses can be treated clinically with antifungal agents. Otherwise, they should be approached surgically, preferably with an anterior approach for debridement and posterior fusion. Long-term follow-up should be done.

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Abbreviations

CT:

Computed tomography

HIV:

Human immonodeficiency virus

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

ODI:

Oswestry disability index

VAS:

Visual analog scale

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  1. Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

    Álynson Larocca Kulcheski, Xavier Soler I. Graells & André Luís Sebben

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut

  2. Department of Pathology, Basavatarakam Indo-American Hospital & Research Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    Sundaram Challa

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Avicenne Military Hospital, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Marrakech, Morocco

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Kulcheski, Á.L., Graells, X.S.I., Sebben, A.L. (2019). Spinal Syndromes. In: Turgut, M., Challa, S., Akhaddar, A. (eds) Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06088-6_27

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