Abstract
A 67-year-old man was referred to physical therapy 6 weeks following total right hip arthroplasty. The patient demonstrated improvement in muscle strength and gait until he was diagnosed with a urinary infection and exhibited symptoms that, considering the patient's age and recent infection, raised suspicion for serious spinal pathology or thromboembolic event. The patient was immediately sent to the emergency department and pulmonary thromboembolism and infection were confirmed. Moreover, fluid-sensitive sequences on magnetic resonance imaging detected spondylodiscitis and an extensive abscess in the right psoas muscle. JOSPT Cases 2021;1(1):59–60. doi:10.2519/josptcases.2021.9904
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