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Descriptor English: Discitis
Descriptor Spanish: Discitis
Descriptor discitis
Entry term(s) espondilodiscitis
Scope note: Inflamación de un DISCO INTERVERTEBRAL o espacio discal que puede producir erosión del disco. Hasta hace poco, la discitis se definía como una inflamación no bacteriana y se atribuía a procesos asépticos (por ejemplo, una reacción química a una sustancia inyectada) Sin embargo, estudios recientes han demostrado que la infección puede ser la causa inicial aunque quizá no el promotor, de la mayoría de los casos de discitis). La discitis se ha diagnosticado en pacientes después de realizar una discografía, mielografía, punción lumbar, inyección paravertebral o anestesia epidural obstétrica. Algunos autores atribuyen la discitis que sigue a la quimionucleólisis (especialmente con quimiopapaína) a una reacción química y otros a la introducción de microorganismos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Discite
Descriptor French: Discite
Entry term(s): Discitides
Diskitides
Diskitis
Spondylodiscitides
Spondylodiscitis
Spondylodiskitides
Spondylodiskitis
Tree number(s): C01.160.762.301
C05.116.165.762.301
C05.116.900.853.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015299
Scope note: Inflammation of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.
Annotation: coord IM with specific vertebrae (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Intervertebral Disk (1966-1988)
Spinal Diseases (1966-1988)
Spondylitis (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
DeCS ID: 23612
Unique ID: D015299
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Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/05/26
Revision Date: 2011/07/01
Discitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0023556
Scope note Inflammation of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.
Preferred term Discitis
Entry term(s) Discitides
Diskitides
Diskitis
Spondylodiscitides
Spondylodiscitis
Spondylodiskitides
Spondylodiskitis



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