Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review
Spondylodiscitis is an infection of the intervertebral disc, the adjacent vertebral body, and/or contiguous structures due to the introduction of infectious agent, usually by the hematogenous route. Imaging is crucial in assessing bacterial and tubercular spondylodiscitis, as well as their associate...
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| description | Spondylodiscitis is an infection of the intervertebral disc, the adjacent vertebral body, and/or contiguous structures due to the introduction of infectious agent, usually by the hematogenous route. Imaging is crucial in assessing bacterial and tubercular spondylodiscitis, as well as their associated complications. Magnetic resonance imaging in particular can clearly depict osteo-structural changes in the vertebral body and the associated disc, as well as any soft-tissue complications, such as paravertebral abscess and/or epidural abscess, improving disease characterization and helping to recognize the agent involved. Nevertheless, other non-infectious diseases may mimic imaging appearances of spondylodiscitis and one should be aware of these conditions when interpreting MR images, which include Modic type I degenerative changes, ankylosing spondylitis, acute Schmorl’s node, porotic fractures, and spinal neuropathy arthropathy. This pictorial review aims at describing imaging findings of bacterial and non-bacterial spondylodiscitis, complications, and those pathologies that mimic these infections. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed1d4de2962d40a2a04bb97acf56a1d82025-08-20T02:28:11ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592024-11-011211256610.3390/biomedicines12112566Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial ReviewClaudia Lucia Piccolo0Alberta Villanacci1Federica Di Stefano2Nicoletta Fusco3Davide Roberto Donno4Massimo Cristofaro5Fabrizio Taglietti6Stefania Ianniello7Department of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Disease, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Infectious Disease, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, National Institute for Infectious Disease “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, 00149 Rome, ItalySpondylodiscitis is an infection of the intervertebral disc, the adjacent vertebral body, and/or contiguous structures due to the introduction of infectious agent, usually by the hematogenous route. Imaging is crucial in assessing bacterial and tubercular spondylodiscitis, as well as their associated complications. Magnetic resonance imaging in particular can clearly depict osteo-structural changes in the vertebral body and the associated disc, as well as any soft-tissue complications, such as paravertebral abscess and/or epidural abscess, improving disease characterization and helping to recognize the agent involved. Nevertheless, other non-infectious diseases may mimic imaging appearances of spondylodiscitis and one should be aware of these conditions when interpreting MR images, which include Modic type I degenerative changes, ankylosing spondylitis, acute Schmorl’s node, porotic fractures, and spinal neuropathy arthropathy. This pictorial review aims at describing imaging findings of bacterial and non-bacterial spondylodiscitis, complications, and those pathologies that mimic these infections.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/11/2566vertebral infectionspondylodiscitistubercular infectionspine infectionparavertebral abscess |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Lucia Piccolo Alberta Villanacci Federica Di Stefano Nicoletta Fusco Davide Roberto Donno Massimo Cristofaro Fabrizio Taglietti Stefania Ianniello Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review Biomedicines vertebral infection spondylodiscitis tubercular infection spine infection paravertebral abscess |
| title | Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review |
| title_full | Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review |
| title_fullStr | Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review |
| title_short | Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review |
| title_sort | spondylodiscitis and its mimickers a pictorial review |
| topic | vertebral infection spondylodiscitis tubercular infection spine infection paravertebral abscess |
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