PMC4901026_01
55-year-old male with cervical spine spondylodiscitis. Lateral radiograph shows a triangular fragment of bone anterior to C3 (black arrow) with collapse of C3 on C4 and marked prevertebral soft tissue thickening.Closer review reveals irregularity of the endplates of C3 and C4 and local resorption of bone (white arrow), suggesting a more chronic process.
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Marked prevertebral soft-tissue thickening was noted (Fig. 1).
55-year-old male with cervical spine spondylodiscitis. T1 precontrast (A) and postcontrast (B), T2 (C), and STIR (D) sagittal MRI images show enhancing prevertebral soft tissue, collapse of C3 on C4, and abnormal T2 hyperintensity and enhancement in the C3/C4 disk space.
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