ArticleBMJ case reports2017
Back pain and oedematous Schmorl node: a diagnostic dilemma.
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- Identifying S3 and S2 as Key Pain-Sensitive Targets in High-Frequency Ultrasound Therapy for Sacroiliitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Infected Schmorl's node: a case report.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
- Challenges and controversies in the treatment of spinal tuberculosis.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2020Review
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Abstract
A 26-year-old female from India presented with progressive, unremitting low back pain for over 1 year. She had been treated unsuccessfully for left-sided sacroiliitis, pelvic floor dysfunction, ankylosing spondylitis and seronegative spondyloarthritis. MRI lumbar spine showed a Schmorl node with surrounding marrow oedema at L4, the relevance of which is not clear in literature. One year after initial presentation, a biopsy of this lesion revealed culture positive diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis. Despite advances in imaging, delayed diagnosis is not uncommon in spinal tuberculosis (TB). In our case, it was also attributed to an unknown early lesion: Schmorl node with surrounding oedema. Any association of this lesion with spinal TB has previously not been reported.
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