Intervertebral disk-space infection: CT changes. Work in progress.

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Abstract
Seven patients who had spinal interspace infections underwent clinical, laboratory and radiographic examinations; findings are reported. Lytic fragmentation of adjacent vertebral bodies was a characteristic appearance on CT [computed tomography] scans. Sagittal-coronal reformations confirmed the end-plate irregularity and established the diagnosis. Since the changes of discitis were delayed and often obscured by accompanying degenerative disease on plain radiographs, CT appears to offer a diagnostic modality that shortens the usual delay from onset of symptoms to diagnosis.

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