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We describe two cases of SAPHO with an exclusive spinal involvement. Diagnosis was established by sterno-clavicular arthralgias, palmar and plantar pustulosis and by radiological signs of inflammatory spondylodiscitis and vertebral osteitis. Spondylodiscitis and medullary edema resolved as shown by
We describe a patient with acute calcific discitis following symptomatic Schmorl's node (SN) of upper thoracic spine. A 28-year-old female suffered from sudden severe pain in mid-thoracic, left scapular area, radiating to her chest. Plain radiography of the thoracic spine showed calcification in
We report the case of a 47-year-old man with insidious onset of progressively disabling back pain in the dorsal region. The patient had minimal dermatitic lesions to the elbows and behind the ears, which were attributed to minimal psoriasis. An initial MRI of the spine, one month after the onset of
OBJECTIVE
Postoperative spondylodiscitis (POS) is poorly characterized, partly owing to its rarity. The aim of this prospective study was to compare the clinical, biological, bacteriological, and imaging features of postoperative and spontaneous spondylodiscitis (SS).
METHODS
A multidisciplinary
BACKGROUND
Abiotrophia species have been referred to as nutritionally variant streptococci because of their fastidious nutritional requirements for growth. Abiotrophia species are difficult to identify with conventional solid culture.
METHODS
A 48-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with
We describe a 75-year-old male patient who developed a general syndrome, with a fever of 39 degrees C, weight loss, and cervical pain, during the month following a urological procedure. The presence of positive blood cultures for Enterococcus faecalis, aortic vegetations, and severe aortic
On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), posterior lumbar subcutaneous edema (PLSE) is a frequent incidental, yet unclear finding within the deep subcutaneous perifascial tissue. This study aimed to investigate PLSE in various pathological lumbar On magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, Modic type 1 (MT1) endplate changes and infectious spondylodiscitis share similar findings. Therefore, this study investigated vertebral bone marrow and endplate changes to enable their differentiation. The lumbar spine MR examinations of 91 adult patients were
METHODS
Case report.
OBJECTIVE
To present a patient with spinal brucellosis, which was initially presented with sciatica and misdiagnosed as a lumbar disc herniation owing to nonspecific neurological and radiological findings. The delay in diagnosis led to rapid progression of the disease and
Background: Although MRI is the gold-standard imaging method in the diagnosis of spondylodiscitis, role of follow-up imaging is debated and there can be discrepancies with regard to the significance of bony or soft tissue responses to
The extent of bone marrow edema seems relevant in assessing the activity of discovertebral destructions in ankylosing spondylitis using highly T2-weighted images. Twenty-one patients showing 32 discovertebral lesions in total were examined by MR-imaging. Radiological progression of destruction is
BACKGROUND
Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses are rare, frequently associated with meningitis, sometimes with epidural abscesses. They are frequently responsible for paraplegia. Staphylococcus aureus is the predominant organism. MRI shows an intramedullary collection giving a low-intensity signal
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common autoimmune systemic disease of the connective tissue affecting individuals in the developmental age. Radiography, which was described in the first part of this publication, is the standard modality in the assessment of this condition. Ultrasound and
Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a systemic osteo-articular disease that is characterized by a sterile, primarily chronic osteomyelitis with various distribution patterns of the individual lesions. In this article, we describe the "axial type" with predominant involvement of the
OBJECTIVE
To describe the vertebral endplate and intervertebral disc space MRI appearance following TLIF, with and without the use of rhBMP-2, and to determine if the appearance is concerning for discitis/osteomyelitis.
METHODS
After institutional review board approval, 116 TLIF assessments