Study design: Case report describing spontaneous Corynebacterium diptheria discitis in a patient with chronic renal failure. Objectives: To describe this very rare form of discitis and the results of ...
Discitis typically is recognized by the following triad: disk-space narrowing, elevated ESR, and fever. The bone scan typically shows increased uptake of technetium 99m (Tc-99m) diphosphonate in ...
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 ...