We report on the conservative and surgical management of a patient with blastomycosis of
the lumbar spine, causing severe and crippling deformity. The diagnosis was made through …

Study Design. A case report and clinical discussion. Objective. To discuss the diagnosis and
treatment of Blastomyces dermatitidis in the spine. Summary of Background Data …

Bone is the third most frequent site of disease in patients with blastomycosis, and the
vertebrae are among the bones affected most often. We describe the clinical features and …

Abstract A 5-YEAR-OLD MALE patient presented with flank pain, limping, weight loss, and
cachexia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed destructive vertebral changes, an epidural …

Discussion ungal infections of the spine are uncommon but not rare, and delays in diagnosis
are common. Frazier et al. noted an average delay in diagnosis of almost three months in a …

The presentation of blastomycosis clinically and radiographically is nonspecific and often
mistaken for a neoplasm. Delay in diagnosis is common. Patients with osseous …

Objectives: Blastomycosis osteomyelitis is a well-known but infrequently encountered
complication of infection with the dimorphic mold, Blastomyces dermatitidis. Oftentimes, the …

Objective: To report a case of spinal intramedullary blastomycosis causing myelopathy. This
is the first published case of a pediatric patient with intramedullary blastomycosis and …

A single case of back pain due to Blastomyces dermatitidis infection limited solely to the
skeleton is reported with a discussion of the differential diagnosis. This rare disease must be …

The cases of seventy-two patients who had blastomycosis and were seen between 1926
and 1988 were retrospectively reviewed for involvement of the musculoskeletal system. Most …