Spondylitis

Spondylitis
Classification and external resources
Spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei. Contrast-enhanced, T1 weighted fat suppressed magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating contrast enhancing lesions of spondylitis in the first (L1) and second (L2) as well as fourth (L4) and fifth (L5) lumbar vertebra, sparing the intervertebral discs.
ICD-9	721.90
MeSH	D013166

Not to be confused with spondylosis, spondylolysis, or spondylolisthesis.

Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebra. It is a form of spondylopathy. In many cases, spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joint as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis.

Examples

Pott's disease is a tuberculous disease of the vertebrae marked by stiffness of the vertebral column, pain on motion, tenderness on pressure, prominence of certain vertebral spines, and occasionally abdominal pain, abscess formation, and paralysis.

Ankylosing spondylitis is an autoimmune disease involving the spine and sacroiliac joints, and is therefore also a form of spondylarthritis.

A combination of spondylitis and inflammation of the intervertebral disc space is termed a spondylodiscitis.

References

• Spondylitis FAQ