Adult Pyogenic Spinal Infections

Akyol S.

ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.45, sa.2, ss.123-130, 2023 (ESCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 45 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.14744/etd.2023.27981
  • Dergi Adı: ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-130
  • Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Pyogenic spinal infections are potentially life-threatening diseases that can impair the patient’s neurological status, physical

abilities, and quality of life. They can be considered a single disease or group of diseases and include spondylitis, discitis, facet

arthritis, epidural phlegmon/abscesses, peri/paraspinal soft tissue infection/abscesses, pachymeningitis and/or leptomeningitis,

and myelitis/spinal cord abscess. This group of diseases is distinct from degenerative diseases, metabolic and inflammatory

disorders, and neoplasms and mimickers. Delays in the diagnosis and treatment can cause significant morbidity and mortality.

Imaging is important in preparing diagnoses, planning minimally invasive treatment, and monitoring patient progress.

This review explains the adult spinal infections’ radiological imaging features and their values in differential diagnoses.