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Kapeller, P; Fazekas, F; Krametter, D; Koch, M; Roob, G; Schmidt, R; Offenbacher, H.
Pyogenic infectious spondylitis: clinical, laboratory and MRI features.
Eur Neurol. 1997; 38(2):94-98
Doi: 10.1159/000113167
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- Kapeller Peter
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- Fazekas Franz
- Schmidt Reinhold
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- Abstract:
- Pyogenic infectious spondylitis (PIS) is an uncommon but serious inflammatory disorder of the discovertebral junction with frequent involvement of neural structures including the spinal cord. We report a series of 41 patients (age range 21-75 years, mean age 59 years) with primary PIS confirmed by signal abnormality of the intervertebral disk and adjacent vertebral bodies on magnetic resonance imaging. The prevailing clinical symptom was focal back pain aggravated by percussion in 90% of patients. Radicular signs or symptoms were present in 59% and spinal cord symptoms in 29% of patients, respectively. Evidence of inflammation consisted of an elevated sedimentation rate in 76%, leukocytosis in 61% and fever in 61% of individuals. Predisposing factors such as diabetes mellitus, previous nonspinal surgery and other sites of infection or inflammation were identified in 17 (41%) patients and 30 (73%) were older than 50 years. The lumbar spine was most often affected and PIS was associated with an epidural abscess in 15 (37%) patients. Increased alertness for PIS in the context of focal back pain with clinical or laboratory signs of inflammation is needed to speed up its detection.
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