the common confusion of osteomyelitis and degenerative disc changes can be explained by several reasons : the predilection of lumbar spine and the similarity of local signs of both diseases , the unknown or underestimated frequence of radicular lesions in osteomyelitis of the spine and the difficulties to assess osteomyelitis in early stages by x-ray examination and the frequency of accessory degenerative changes .
C0024091
lumbar spine
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spine