Discitis is an inflammatory condition of the intervertebral disc or disc space. It is an uncommon condition which occurs mostly
in young children or as a post-operative complication, such as following an epidural. It is extremely rare in the elderly as disc size
and sponginess decreases with age and consequently the risk of infection decreases. In this case, discitis occurred spontaneously
in an elderly patient and was complicated by a psoas abscess. The patient also suffers from acute renal failure, chronic heart failure,
left sided pneumonia and shingles (Herpes Zoster) in dermatome S3. A trapped spinal nerve occurring at the intervertebral
foramen is a common complication in fact, the subject did suffer from sciatica for the past 30 years.peer-reviewe
