[2 children with discitis].
The childhood form of discitis was diagnosed in a 2-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy. They presented with an antalgic posture, muscular defense and a positive Gowers sign. Characteristic symptoms of this childhood discitis form the triad: unexplained fever, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and symptomatic narrowing of an intervertebral space.
Engelbert
R H
RH
Universiteitskliniek voor Kinderen en Jeugdigen, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht.
van der Net
J
J
Schoenmakers
M A
MA
Keessen
W
W
Helders
P J
PJ
D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
Twee kinderen met discitis.