The endplates are located at the upper and lower margins of the spinal vertebrae. Endplate inflammation is a sterile inflammation of the cartilage of the vertebral endplates that occurs as a result of injury or degeneration, among other factors, causing symptoms.
Vertebral endplate cartilage is located at the upper and lower margins of the vertebral body and is a type of hyaline cartilage tissue that forms after the epiphysis of the spinal vertebrae stops during growth and development. The cartilage endplates of the upper and lower vertebral body are connected to the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc, which play a protective role for the vertebral body and fibrous tissue.
When the cartilage of the vertebral body endplates is stimulated by trauma, degenerative disease of the vertebral body or intervertebral disc, it will cause aseptic inflammatory reaction of the endplate cartilage, i.e., endlaminitis. In most cases, there is no obvious clinical manifestation of vertebral endplate inflammation, but in some cases, there may be back pain and discomfort.
If the diagnosis of endplate inflammation is confirmed, you should go to the hospital in time and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of your doctor.