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A: STIR weighted sagittal lumbar/thoracic spine MRI revealing T11/12 Mycobacterium osteomyelitis, discitis and epidural abscess. B: T1 weighted transverse MRI highlighting epidural abscess approx. 13 mm in diameter.
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An MRI of the spine subsequently demonstrated evidence of T11/12 discitis with adjacent osteomyelitis of the T11/T12 vertebral bodies and an epidural abscess (Fig. 1).