Revue médicale de Liège
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Revue médicale de Liège · Apr 2015
Review Case Reports[Spondylodiscitis in children: a review. A propos of two cases].
Spondylodiscitis is defined as an infection of the intervertebral disc and the adjacent vertebral bodies. It represents, at the most, 2-4% of osteoarticular infections in children and its clinical presentation is often insidious. The specific condition of the young child (isolated discitis) is explained by some anatomical peculiarities. We report two cases of spondylodiscitis in children of different ages and review the pediatric characteristics, the role of imaging, the bacteriological diagnosis and the management of this disease.
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A case of pathological hip fracture associated with an epithelioid hemangioma is reported. Epithelioid hemangioma is a benign tumor, rarely localized in a bone. ⋯ Therefore, the diagnosis requires surgery. Although no consensus treatment guidelines exist, the curettage--filling is most often proposed.