PMC9464639_01
A chronic subcutaneous abscess.
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One month later, he had a mass at his old surgical scar site with purulent discharge (Figure 1), and he visited our hospital. A chronic subcutaneous abscess (Figure 1) and normal neurological findings were found by physical examination.
Sagittal T2-weighted MRI (A) and sagittal T2-weighted MRI with gadolinium enhancement (B) showed a chronic subcutaneous abscess connected to the artificial device (red arrows) and no evidence of lumbar discitis or epidural abscess (yellow arrows).
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine was performed on the day of the visit and showed a chronic subcutaneous abscess connected to the artificial device (Figure 2). No evidence of lumbar discitis or epidural abscess was detected on MRI (Figure 2).