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Fig. 2 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Total spine magnetic resonance imaging for detection of multifocal infection in pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a retrospective observational study

Fig. 2

MRI with Short Tau Inversion Recovery (STIR) sequence of the total spine (a) in a 75–80-years old patient with mSpD in the segment C3/4 and L5/S1. Arrows show the typical hyperintensity signal alterations in the disc and adjacent endplates with a slightly prevertebral fluid collection (asterisk). b: MRI of an 80–85-years old patient with mSpD in the segment Th9/10 and L2/3 and postoperative X-ray after posterior short segment stabilization and intersomatic fusion with cage in TLIF-technique in both levels

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