26 April 2024: Articles
Early Diagnosis and Successful Empirical Treatment of L1-L2 Spondylodiscitis in a 21-Month-Old Girl: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare disease, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons
Shaikha Mahmood Janahi A* , Walaa Abdulaziz Ashoor A , Abeer Abdulatif Alshaikh A , Raafat Hammad Seroor ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943010
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943010
Figure 1. Lumbar spine MRI of a 21-month-old child with spondylodiscitis. Initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine with contrast, in which transverse relaxation time (T2) sequence sagittal view of the lumbar spine shows changes at lumbar vertebrae 1 (L1), while lumbar vertebrae 2 (L2) suggests spondylodiscitis associated with a small intervertebral disc collection.