Types of Spondylitis
- Pott disease: tuberculous disease of the vertebrae
- Marked by stiffness of the vertebral column
- Pain on motion
- Tenderness on pressure
- Prominence of certain vertebral spines
- Occasionally abdominal pain, abscess formation, and paralysis
- Ankylosing spondylitis (AS): form of arthritis
- Primarily affects the spine
- Other joints can become involved
- Causes inflammation of the spinal joints (vertebrae)
- Leads to severe, chronic pain and discomfort
- In advanced cases, inflammation can lead to ankylosis (new bone formation in the spine causing fusion in a fixed, immobile position)
- Spondylodiscitis: combination of spondylitis and inflammation of the intervertebral disc space

Symptoms and Effects of Spondylitis
- Stiffness of the vertebral column
- Pain on motion
- Tenderness on pressure
- Prominence of certain vertebral spines
- Abdominal pain, abscess formation, and paralysis (in Pott disease)
- Inflammation of the spinal joints (vertebrae)
- Severe, chronic pain and discomfort
- Fusion of the spine in a fixed, immobile position (ankylosis)

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Form of arthritis primarily affecting the spine
- Other joints can become involved
- Causes inflammation of the spinal joints (vertebrae)
- Leads to severe, chronic pain and discomfort
- In advanced cases, inflammation can lead to ankylosis (new bone formation in the spine causing fusion in a fixed, immobile position)

Spondylodiscitis
- Combination of spondylitis and inflammation of the intervertebral disc space

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Spondylitis (Wikipedia)

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Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebrae. It is a form of spondylopathy. In many cases, spondylitis involves one or more vertebral joints, as well, which itself is called spondylarthritis.

Spondylitis
Spondylitis due to Tropheryma whipplei: Contrast-enhanced, T1 weighted fat suppressed magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating contrast enhancing lesions of spondylitis in the first (L1) and second (L2), as well as fourth (L4) and fifth (L5) lumbar vertebra, sparing the intervertebral discs
Specialty	Rheumatology
Diagnostic method	X-ray, MRI, Ultrasonography, blood tests