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Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare infection that usually develops in immunocompromised patients. Additionally, involvement of the cervical spine by Candida albicans is extremely rare; only three previous cases of Candida vertebral osteomyelitis have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis may be delayed due to nonspecific radiologic findings and a slow progression. We report the CT, MRI, bone scan, and PET-CT findings in a patient who developed Candida osteomyelitis, which was initially misdiagnosed as metastasis, at the atlas and axis following treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer.
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Cha, JG., Hong, HS., Koh, YW. et al. Candida albicans osteomyelitis of the cervical spine. Skeletal Radiol 37, 347–350 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-007-0429-9
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