Malignant mimic: pulmonary actinomycosis with contiguous vertebral involvement and spinal cord compression. Illustrative case
The differential diagnosis when dealing with spinal column lesions should include infectious etiologies. Intraoperative frozen section and Gram stain can be critical for a timely diagnosis and to avoid jeopardizing the clinical status of patients. Surgical management can be necessary when vertebral body destruction with neural compression is present. https://thejns.org/doi/10.3171/CASE25175.
Authors
- Maria A. Gubbiotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2246-7958)
- Robert Y. North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6757-5595)
- Rômulo Augusto Andrade de Almeida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6342-9152)
- Francisco Call-Orellana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-0828)
- Esteban Ramírez Ferrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2775-0157)
- Juan Pablo Zuluaga-Garcia
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Case Lessons
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/case25175
- Primary Topic
- Actinomycetales infections and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00