Mal di schiena: tre casi per tre malattie (infettive)

Back pain is an uncommon paediatric symptom and often manifests non-specifically, especially in younger children. Behind this insidious symptom lie multiple causes, such as trauma, infectious and inflammatory forms and malignant causes. Especially in forms of infectious origin, imaging takes on a key role. The paper reports three cases of back pain on an infectious basis (spondylodiscitis, sacroileitis and piomyositis) with the descriptions of their peculiar clinical characteristics, treatments and courses. The importance of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging is highlighted in guiding the therapeutic diagnostic procedure.