Baastrup’s disease: The kissing spine

The "kissing spine" revisited.

A 46-year-old woman presented to our department with persistent low back pain, which increased by back flexion and was released by flexion. On clinical examination, localized midline lumbar tenderness was noted. MRI showed a soft tissue lesion between the adjacent spinous processes of L3 and L4. The lesion was of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images (WI) (Fig. A, arrow), and hyperintense ...

Fluoroscopically-guided injections to treat "kissing spine" disease.

BACKGROUND Any spine structure that is innervated by afferent nociceptive nerve fibers is a potential pain generator. In the lumbar spine, the most studied pain generators include: sacroiliac joints, the zygapophysial joints, the intervertebral discs, myofascial structures. Anomalous lumbosacral articulations, the spinous processes, and lumbar spine osteophytes are less commonly reported. OBJ...

Hydatid Disease of the Cervical Spine Mimicking Traumatic Burst Fracture

Background & Importance: Hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. It is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. Case Presentation: In the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. Con...

Interstitial nephritis: another kissing disease?

The kissing virus.

THE Epstein-Barr virus, also called "The Kissing Virus", is perhaps the commonest of all viruses that infect human beings. It usually causes no ill-effects whatsoever, but it does cause glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis, and there is substantial evidence linking it with two human cancers, not usually found in this part of the world. It was discovered through the co-operation of surgeo...