Diskitis

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Skeletal spine

Intervertebral disk

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Diskitis

Alternative Names:

Disk inflammation

Symptoms:

Fever
Irritability
Back pain
Stiffness in back
Increased lordosis
Refusal to walk (younger child)
Abdominal pain

Signs and tests:

X-ray of the lumbosacral spine (may show narrow disk space or abnormalities of the vertebral bodies)
MRI of the spine (may show inflammation of the disk space)
Bone scan (usually shows increased uptake in the region of inflammation)
CBC (shows elevated white blood cells)
ESR (elevated, test for inflammation)

Review Date: 10/27/2004
Reviewed By: Kevin B. Freedman, M.D., M.S.C.E., Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Specialists, Bryn Mawr, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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