Karapolat Hale, Akkoç Yeşim, Arda Bilgin, Sesli Erhan
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Agri. 2009 Jul;21(3):121-5.
Spondylodiscitis is a serious and important clinical problem that can occur after iatrogenic interventions and should be kept in mind. Spondylodiscitis after transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy is an extremely rare complication. A 70-year-old patient who presented with severe back pain, intermittent high fever, loss of appetite, and fatigue following TRUS-guided prostate biopsy was diagnosed with thoracic spondylodiscitis (T6-7) after clinical, laboratory and radiological assessments and he was treated surgically. We present this case to remind medical professionals to keep spondylodiscitis in mind in the presence of sudden onset back and low-back pain, since TRUS-guided prostate biopsy is a frequently used procedure.
脊椎椎间盘炎是一个严重且重要的临床问题，可发生于医源性干预后，应予以重视。经直肠超声（TRUS）引导下前列腺穿刺活检后发生的脊椎椎间盘炎是一种极其罕见的并发症。一名70岁患者在TRUS引导下前列腺穿刺活检后出现严重背痛、间歇性高热、食欲不振和疲劳，经临床、实验室和影像学评估后被诊断为胸椎椎间盘炎（T6-7），并接受了手术治疗。我们报告此病例，以提醒医学专业人员，由于TRUS引导下前列腺穿刺活检是一种常用的操作，在出现突发的腰背部疼痛时应考虑到脊椎椎间盘炎。
