Publications by authors named "Eric T Stefanowicz"
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- The report focuses on a 52-year-old male patient who experienced cervical and arm pain, later diagnosed with a Pancoast tumor after seeking chiropractic care.
- The patient's history revealed a potential link to his symptoms through his prior occupational lifting and an eventual acknowledgment of a long-term smoking habit.
- The case emphasizes the necessity for healthcare providers to consider less common conditions, like apical lung tumors, when evaluating patients with neck and arm pain, highlighting the importance of follow-up on diagnostic imaging results.
Background: Vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare, life-threatening condition. Successful management is dependent on prompt diagnosis and management with intravenous antibiotic therapy or surgery in addition to antibiotics. Reoccurrence is minimal after 1 year.
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