Infected charcot spine

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Patients with an infected charcot spine (ICS) may experience little or no back pain despite severe vertebral destruction. Understanding the pathophysiology underlying ICS and its differential diagnoses is crucial for its accurate diagnosis. Worsening symptoms of chronic charcot spine should raise suspicions of an infection.

Keywords

• diagnosis
• differential
• low Back pain
• pain‐free
• spondylitis