Percorsi clinici
Spondilodiscite 2016: lezioni dai casi
Spondylodiscitis, 2016: learning from clinical cases
Marta Minute1, Alessandro Ventura1,2
1Universitŕ degli Studi di Trieste; 2IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Febbraio 2016 - pagg. 111 -114
Abstract
Spondylodiscitis is an infectious disease that involves two contiguous vertebrae and the
interposed disc; it affects children in the first years of life when the local vascularization is
characterized by the persistence of connecting vessels. It is a rarity and the fact that it can
present in different ways often leads to a severe diagnostic delay. Starting from four clinical
cases of spondylodiscitis, the paper aims at underlining several peculiarities of the disease
in order to convey some take-home messages to diagnose it and treat it correctly.
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