Footnotes

• Contributors STD treated the patient and recorded the information that was used to write the case report. AC, CTN and GC were involved with editing and writing the manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Disclaimer The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of Brooke Army Medical Center, the U.S. Army Medical Department,the US Army Office of the Surgeon General, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense or the US Government. Of note, the patient approved the reporting of his case.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Patient consent for publication Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.