Abstract

OLIVA VENEREO, Dinorah de la Caridad et al. Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.3, pp.306-313. ISSN 0864-2125.

Introduction: Tuberculous spondylodiscitis is the condition of tuberculosis in the spine and it is a rare disease today. Objective: to present a patient with a diagnosis of tuberculous spondylodiscitis and clinical manifestations of lumbar pain and fever. Case presentation: a case of a male patient aged 46 is described here. This patient was admitted due to back pain and fever during a month. At physical examination manifestations of L5-S1 nerve root compression were observed. This patient underwent the tuberculin test with induration of 22 mm, and NMR showed images compatible with L5-S1 discotic osteomyelitis complex. He presented a favorable outcome with medical treatment. Conclusions: the differential diagnosis must be spondylodiscitis in all patients with back pain and fever.

Keywords : spondylodiscitis; infectious spondylitis; osteomielitis.

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