Sonographic diagnosis of spondylodiscitis in a young child

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 54; no. 6; pp. 1049 - 1052
• Main Authors: Soudack, Michalle, Shimoni, Hadar-Yafit, Plotkin, Simyon, Jacobson, Jeffrey M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Bacterial infections; Blood; Case Report; Case reports; Children & youth; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Discitis; Discitis - diagnostic imaging; Disease; Epidural; Female; Gait; Humans; Imaging; Infant; Infections; Intervertebral discs; Laboratories; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neuroradiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Osteomyelitis; Pediatrics; Radiation; Radiology; Spondylodiscitis; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography - methods; Ultrasound; Vertebrae; Diagnostic imaging; Infections; Children; Spine; Spondylodiscitis; Ultrasound

Sonographic diagnosis of spondylodiscitis is described in a 21-month-old girl who presented with altered gait. Spondylodiscitis, also referred to as discitis-osteomyelitis, is an infection of the intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebrae. The imaging modality of choice is spinal magnetic resonance...