26 April 2024
: Case report
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 Janahi1ABCDEFG*, Walaa Abdulaziz Ashoor1ABCDEFG, Abeer Abdulatif Alshaikh1ABCDEFG, Raafat Hammad Seroor2ABCDEFGDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943010
Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943010
Figure 2. Lumbar spine MRI of a 21-month-old child with spondylodiscitis. Follow-up repeated MRI of the lumbar spine with contrast performed. T2 sequence sagittal view of the lumbar spine MRI showing significant reduction of the marrow edema and intervertebral disc collection at L1-L2 after 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy.






