Fig. 2
From: The correlation between follow-up MRI findings and laboratory results in pyogenic spondylodiscitis
A patient with spondylodiscitis at L4–5 (culture (−), F/U interval 55 days). T2-weighted (left), T1-weighted (middle), and contrast-enhanced fat suppressed T1-weighted images (right) of the spine. Comparing contrast-enhanced fat suppressed T1-weighted sagittal (upper) and axial (lower) images of baseline (a) and follow-up (b), osteomyelitis (arrow heads) and soft tissue inflammation (arrows) were improved, while disc height worsened. Both CRP and ESR were resolved at follow-up