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I have been diagnosed with discitis . I had a Gallium scan and it showed the inflammation coming from the area between T12 and L1. I also had a need biopsy of the disc area and of the bone. I am ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Gopal Goel
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
I have been diagnosed with discitis and chronic osteomyelitis . The infection is in the T12, L1 area. I had a needle biopsy on 8/25. The various cultures have shown nothing as of yet. The bone biopsy ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Gopal Goel
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
[Hi, I m 33 yrs old. Over the past few days I have been experiencing some sort of pain in my left breast. something like a spasm which sometimes is felt & sometimes not. I cannot feel any lump either. Suddenly when I was... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Pragnesh Vachharajani
( General & Family Physician)
[Sex: Male Age: 5 almost 6 Height: 4+ ft Weight: Around 50lbs Issue: My son has been experiencing pain just above where his penis connects with the lower abdomen. Also, we checked him, and he appears to be running a fever... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Pragnesh Vachharajani
( General & Family Physician)
/drug use/bulemia/ anorexia . - still her Dr wants her in a hospital with a diagnosis of anorexia; tho ... for a diagnosis? Again, 13 yr old girl whose vital signs are so bad her Dr wants her in hospital, her... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shruti Rijhwani
( Rheumatologist)
My husbands spinal mri diagnosis says marked abnormal bone marrow signal intensity on L1 and L2, consistent with discitis & Para vertebral abscess , plus several other lines of diagnosis. He s had mrsa... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi
( General & Family Physician)
I had a lumbar discetomy of L4-L5 11/12 and still have major back pain. My MRI suggest discitis so ... yet to receive a diagnosis because the results are always negative for infection but still no progress ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Praveen Tayal
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
[Hello. My name is Megan Loy. In a short version...I was diagnosed with Osteomylitis and Diskitis... Ive been in the hospital and the nursing home for about 6 months on antibiotics. The infection is gone...but I was told... View answer
can you explain bone marrow adema with increased signal intensity in the intervening disc at L4-5 level needs to be further evaluated with contrast-enhanced MRI as discitis cannot be excluded and ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Yogesh Vishnu Upadhyay
( General & Family Physician)
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