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Sagittal view of MRI lumbar spine. T1 flair image with contrast demonstrating diskitis and osteomyelitis with expansile mass extending into epidural space.
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A follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine with and without contrast confirmed these findings of diskitis and osteomyelitis at L4-L5 with an expansile abscess within substance of the disk extending into ventral epidural space with involvement of left L5-S1 and right L4-L5 neural foramina (Figures 1 and 2).
Axial view of MRI lumbar spine. T1 image with contrast depicting edema and erosive changes within vertebral body consistent with diskitis and osteomyelitis. Also figure demonstrates abscess extending into ventral epidural space.
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A follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine with and without contrast confirmed these findings of diskitis and osteomyelitis at L4-L5 with an expansile abscess within substance of the disk extending into ventral epidural space with involvement of left L5-S1 and right L4-L5 neural foramina (Figures 1 and 2).