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Diskitis
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Basics
Description
Often benign, self-limited inflammatory process of an intervertebral disk
Epidemiology
>50% of the cases occur in children <4 years of age.
Incidence
- Peak incidence is between 0 and 2 years of age.
- Second peak: >10 years
Prevalence
Rare
Pathophysiology
- Probably of infectious etiology by an indolent organism
- Usually none identified; occasionally, Staphylococcus aureus, Moraxella, or the Enterobacteriaceae are cultured.
- Kingella kingae has been implicated in ages 6 months to 4 years old.
- Can be a late complication after ingested button battery is removed
Etiology
Idiopathic, infectious, or traumatic
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Citation
Cabana, Michael D., editor. "Diskitis." 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 8th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis.
Diskitis. In: Cabana MD, ed. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. 8th ed. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis. Accessed October 21, 2019.
Diskitis. (2019). In Cabana, M. D. (Ed.), 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis
Diskitis [Internet]. In: Cabana MD, editors. 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2019 October 21]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/617435/all/Diskitis.
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