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X-ray of sacroiliac joints manifested rough right sacroiliac joint.
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X-ray of sacroiliac joints revealed a rough right sacroiliac joint (Fig. 1).
Computed tomography of the spine demonstrated destruction of the L1-L2 disk space with the adjacent L1 and L2 vertebral bodies, as the contiguous m. iliopsoas was affected.
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CRP 51.2 mg/l. Computed tomography of the spine demonstrated destruction of the L1-L2 disk space with the adjacent L1 and L2 vertebral bodies (the image corresponded with spondylodiscitis), as the contiguous iliopsoas muscle was affected (Fig. 2).
MRI of the spine (May 2017) showed destruction of the L1-L2 and L3-L4 disk spaces with the adjacent vertebral bodies, as an abscess in the structure of the right m. iliopsoas.
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The T2-weighted MR image demonstrated discitis and osteomyelitis persisting as an abscess in the structure of right iliopsoas muscle (Fig. 3).