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Imaging of Spondylodiscitis: A Comprehensive Updated Review—Multimodality Imaging Findings, Differential Diagnosis, and Specific Microorganisms Detection

Microorganisms
Spondylodiscitis is defined by infectious conditions involving the vertebral column. The incidence of the disease has constantly increased over the last decades. Imaging plays a key role in each phase of the disease.
Amandine Crombé, David Fadli, Roberta Clinca, Giorgio Reverchon, Luca Cevolani, Marco Girolami, Olivier Hauger, George R. Matcuk, Paolo Spinnato   +8 more
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Migrated pharyngeal fish bone causing spondylodiscitis. Case report

Coluna/Columna, 2014
Ingestion of foreign bodies is a common problem seen at emergency rooms and frequently involves chicken and fish bones. There are few cases of migrated foreign bodies through the retropharynx causing infectious process in the area but no one, despite the
Aluizio Augusto Arantes Júnior, Jose Augusto Malheiros, Marco Tulio Domingos Silva e Reis, Gustavo Meyer de Moraes   +3 more
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Modic Change Bone Marrow Neutrophils Are Activated and Degrade Cartilage Endplates

JOR SPINE, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
Activated neutrophils accumulate in Modic‐change bone marrow and secrete neutrophil elastase, which drives cartilage endplate destruction and releases glycosaminoglycans. This neutrophil–elastase axis links inflammatory marrow lesions to structural endplate breakdown at the disc–vertebra interface.
Irina Heggli, Tamara Mengis, Jan Devan, Nick Herger, Mazda Farshad, Mohamed Habib, Christopher P. Ames, Oliver Distler, Aaron J. Fields, Stefan Dudli   +9 more
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Can Hematological Inflammatory Indices Be Used to Differentiate Modic Type 1 Changes from Brucella Spondylodiscitis?

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Differentiation between brucella spondylodiscitis and Modic type I changes (MC1) includes difficulties. Hematological inflammatory indices (HII) such as neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and aggregate index of systemic ...
Volkan Şah, Ali İrfan Baran
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SponDT (Spondylodiscitis Diagnosis and Treatment): spondylodiscitis scoring system

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Spondylodiscitis is a chameleon among infectious diseases due to the lack of specific symptoms with which it is associated. It is nevertheless a serious infection, with 7% mortality of hospitalized patients, in large part because of delayed ...
Lars Homagk, Daniel Marmelstein, Nadine Homagk, Gunther O. Hofmann   +3 more
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Clinical Use of S53P4 Bioactive Glass in the Treatment of Bone Defects and Infected Bone: A Systematic Review of the Quality of Clinical Outcomes and A Grade Assessment

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 5, 2 February 2026.
Bioactive glass (BAG) S53P4 is a synthetic bone substitute. Clinically it has been used in the treatment of benign bone tumor surgery, in spine surgery, in trauma surgery, in frontal sinus surgery, in diabetic foot osteomyelitis surgery, in mastoid surgery, in oral and maxillofacial surgery in more than 4000 patients, with excellent clinical long‐term ...
Sebastian CE Lindfors, Chris JJ Arts, Nina C Lindfors   +2 more
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Gender‐Based Analysis of Perioperative and Early Postoperative Complications in Tubular Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Disc Prolapse: A Retrospective Comparative Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Various anthropometric differences and co‐morbidities have been associated with disparities in postoperative outcomes following spinal surgery. Gender has been identified in previous studies as a potential factor influencing the prevalence of conditions like lumbar disc radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease, and cauda ...
Ghazwan Abdulla Hasan, Hayder Qatran Raheem, Mohammed Muzahem Hammood, Ahmed Alqatub, Ahmed Dheyaa Al‐Obaidi, Hashim Manea, Yasameen Bani Wais, Mokhalad Ahmed Khalid, Mustafa Najah Al‐Obaidi, Shams hussein Faraj, Ali Talib Hashim   +10 more
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Unique Pathological Findings of Polarized Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Spondylodiscitis of an ESRD Hemodialysis Patient: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing chronic hemodialysis are at an increased risk of developing spondylodiscitis, an infectious condition affecting the vertebral column.
Parisa Mehrasa, Sepideh Hadimaleki, Nadia Shafiee, Amirreza Khalaji   +3 more
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A Rare Clinical Manifestation of Disseminated Tuberculosis: Case Report of Tuberculous Meningitis With Flaccid Paralysis

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This case highlights a rare presentation of disseminated tuberculosis in a child, manifesting as tuberculous meningitis and flaccid paralysis due to spinal tuberculosis. Timely initiation of antitubercular therapy, corticosteroids, and ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement led to full recovery, emphasizing tuberculosis consideration in atypical
Aisha Haleem, Saad Ashraf, Areeba Ahsan, Maria Qadri, Iqra shahid, Biruk Demisse Ayalew   +5 more
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Case Report: Spondylodiscitis as a Differential Diagnosis of Anal Canal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Bone Metastasis

Brazilian Journal of Oncology
Spondylodiscitis is an uncommon infection affecting the vertebral bodies and surrounding tissues, with an increased incidence in immunosuppressed patients.
Myllena Batista Ribeiro Rodrigues, Luís Gustavo Soares Rodrigues, Luísa Barbiero Dutra, Janine Bernardi Soder, Rafael Corrêa Coelho   +4 more
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