Loss of intervertebral disc space (differential)
Loss of intervertebral disc space can be due to a variety of causes:
- degenerative disc disease of the spine: most common cause
- trauma
- diskitis
- neuropathic spondyloarthropathy
- dialysis related spondyloarthropathy
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ochronosis
- crystal deposition diseases
- sarcoidosis