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Tb Discitis Pathogenesis

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Dr.  Gopal Goel MD

I have been diagnosed with discitis . I had a Gallium scan and it showed the inflammation coming from the area between T12 and L1. I also had a need biopsy of the disc area and of the bone. I am ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gopal Goel ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Gopal Goel MD

I have been diagnosed with discitis and chronic osteomyelitis . The infection is in the T12, L1 area. I had a needle biopsy on 8/25. The various cultures have shown nothing as of yet. The bone biopsy ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gopal Goel ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

Lymph Node TB and Brain TB Hello Doctors, Good Evening. My mom has been diagnosed with Lymph node TB (swelling of lymp nodes) and Brain TB. Here is the history 2012 - Diagnosed with TB... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

Hello Doctors, Good Evening. My mom has been diagnosed with Lymph node TB (swelling of lymp nodes) and Brain TB. Here is the history 2012 - Diagnosed with TB of lungs. TB treatment for 8 months... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

Brain TB Improvement after 18 months but increased at the end of 2 years Hello Doctors, Good Evening. My mom has been diagnosed with Lymph node TB and Brain TB. Here is the history 2012 - Diagnosed ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)

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Dr. Pallavi.m MD

[Hello. My name is Megan Loy. In a short version...I was diagnosed with Osteomylitis and Diskitis... Ive been in the hospital and the nursing home for about 6 months on antibiotics. The infection is gone...but I was told... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pallavi.m ( Anesthesiologist)
Dr. Yogesh Vishnu Upadhyay MD

can you explain bone marrow adema with increased signal intensity in the intervening disc at L4-5 level needs to be further evaluated with contrast-enhanced MRI as discitis cannot be excluded and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Yogesh Vishnu Upadhyay ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Prasad Akole MD

My MRI recently showed surrounding soft tissue edema, there is some suspicion for discitis between L4-L5. Dr said 2nd MRI showed in layman s term an abscess and had to be removed, along with other ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prasad Akole ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

STEP I NEED TOOK. INFECTIVE SPONDYLO DISCITIS OF L2 AND L3 VERTEBRAE WITH ASSOCIATED PRE, BILATERAL ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Aida Quka MD

adjacent interverterbral disc, possibility of low grade infection- infective spondylo- discitis appears ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aida Quka ( Neurologist)