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

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

my L4 and L5 showed swelling, discitis , and thickening of the derum (spelling?). They did a bone ... View answer

Hi, I was admitted into hospital at the beginning of XXXXXXX this year, suffering from excruciating lower back pain . I was diagnosed with discitis , a biopset was taken from an area of infection, and ... View answer

Sahni- MS (Ortho) found discitis developed in operated area ( Attached MRI Report name as “2007 ... View answer

[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

STEP I NEED TOOK. INFECTIVE SPONDYLO DISCITIS OF L2 AND L3 VERTEBRAE WITH ASSOCIATED PRE, BILATERAL ... View answer

My MRI recently showed surrounding soft tissue edema, there is some suspicion for discitis between L4-L5. Dr said 2nd MRI showed in layman s term an abscess and had to be removed, along with other ... View answer

adjacent interverterbral disc, possibility of low grade infection- infective spondylo- discitis appears ... View answer