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Fig. 6 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

46-year-old-cashier presented with left lower back pain, especially with bending to the left for picking up shopping bags for customers. Physical exam showed left lower back point tenderness. T1 W images (a) showed a left sided hypointense posterior epidural lesion (white arrow in image a). STIR image (b) shows extensive edema in the region of left L2–3 lumbar facet joint (yellow arrows). T2 W image (c) shows fluid signal in left L2–3 facet joint with adjacent edema (white arrow in image c). Note the associated posterior epidural abscess (white arrow in image d) causing anterior displacement of the thecal sac. Staphylococcus aureus was the causative organism

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