Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association (대한정형외과학회지)

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Bacterial Meningitis Complicated by Myelitis Following Anterior Cervical Spinal Surgery

전방 경추 수술 후 발생한 세균성 뇌수막염과 동반된 척수염

  • Received : 2020.09.15
  • Accepted : 2021.05.15
  • Published : 2021.12.30
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Abstract

Meningitis after spinal surgery occurs rarely but can be fatal. A 49-year-old male was diagnosed with compressive myelopathy due to cervical disc herniation at the C 5, 6 level and underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). He complained of severe neck pain and stiffness with fever postoperatively and one week after surgery, the patient presented with abrupt tetraplegia. The follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed bacterial meningitis complicated by myelitis. The patient was treated with antibiotics and steroid, but the outcome was poor. The authors report a case of meningitis combined with myelitis following anterior cervical spinal surgery.

척추 수술 후 뇌수막염은 매우 드물게 발생하지만 치명적일 수 있다. 49세 남자 환자가 제5, 6 경추부의 추간판 탈출증에 의한 압박성 척수증 진단하에 전방 경추부 감압술 및 유합술을 시행받았다. 술 후 심한 경부통 및 경부 강직, 발열이 발생하였고 수술 일주일 째 갑자기 사지 마비 증상을 보였다. 추시 자기공명영상 검사 및 뇌척수액 검사상 세균성 뇌수막염과 동반된 척수염이 확인되었다. 환자는 항생제 및 스테로이드 치료를 시행받았으나 결과는 불량하였다. 저자들은 전방 경추 수술 이후 발생한 뇌수막염과 동반된 척수염 증례에 대하여 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

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