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Diskitis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Disk inflammation

Symptoms:

Abdominal pain
Back pain
Difficulty getting up and standing
Increased curvature of the back
Irritability
Low-grade fever (less than 102 degrees Fahrenheit)
Recent flu-like symptoms
Refusal to sit up, stand, or walk (younger child)
Stiffness in back

Signs and tests:

Bone scan
CBC
ESR
MRI of the spine
X-ray of the spine

Skeletal spine

Intervertebral disk

Reviewed last on: 7/28/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Cottle L, Riordan T. Infectious spondylodiscitis. J Infect. 2008;56:401-412.

Gutierrez KM. Diskitis. In: Long SS, ed. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 82.

Lordosis

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