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Magnetic resonance imaging, sagittal view, showing D10 vertebral fracture dislocation causing cord compression. T1-weighted image (a) and T2-weighted image (b)
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Injury Association score of A. Imaging revealed D10 fracture - dislocation with cord compression [Figure 1].
Temperature chart over duration of fever. Arrows representing various interventions temporally - antipyretics (single arrow), physical cooling (two arrows), air conditioning (three arrows)
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The patient was on prophylactic antibiotics, deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis, and other supportive measures till 9th day when there was a temperature spike (oral) of 38.9 C that further rose to 40.6 C on the following day [Figure 2]. The patient was shifted from a ward with temperatures around 30 C-35 C to Intensive Care Unit with temperature set at 18 C, followed by immediate and sustained temperature normalization (37 C) [Figure 2].