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Fig. 3 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 3

From: Magnetic resonance imaging of bacterial and tuberculous spondylodiscitis with associated complications and non-infectious spinal pathology mimicking infections: a pictorial review

Fig. 3

This is a companion case to the case shown in Fig. 2. 24-year-old male from India presented with low back pain. MR imaging showed involvement of the left diaphragmatic crura (white arrow in image a) and showing enhancement in post contrast imaging (yellow arrow in image b). Note the extensive prevertebral tubercular involvement (blue circles in c, d and e) on T1 W, STIR and post contrast imaging. Staphylococcus aureus was the causative organism

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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