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Sagittal bone window reconstruction from an abdominal CT scan. Multiple vertebral fractures (T11, T12, L1, L3, L5) with lysis of the vertebral bodies of T11, T12 and L1 (arrows).
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Th12-L1, L3 and L5 suggestive of discitis with tomodensitometric stigmata of instability. This was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (Fig. 1, Fig. 2,
Spine MRI sagittal STIR, sagittal and axial T1 weighted images after gadolinium injection before (A, B and C, respectively) and after (D, E and F, respectively) medical treatment and before surgical management. Spondylodiscitis T12-L1 with destructive discovertebral collection (thick arrow) and right paravertrebral collection (thin arrow).
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PET and CT scan fusion (A) and abdominal CT scan after injection of contrast media (B) axial views. Abdominal aortic aneurysm with endograft surrounded by multiple infective collections (thick arrow). Gas bubbles within a periaortic collection (thin arrow).
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Abdominal CT scan (Fig. 3 A-B) and leukocyte scintigraphy (not shown) revealed a collection around the vascular prosthesis localized in the left common iliac artery and another one at the hypogastric region suggestive of mycotic aneurysm.
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CT angiography coronal (A) and parasagittal (B) views and Volume Rendering Technique reconstruction (C). Saccular aneurysm of the transverse aortic arch.
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Angio-tomodensitometry confirmed the presence of a pseudo-aneurysm of the aortic arch, located near the emergence of the left subclavian artery (Fig. 4). A new angio-tomodensitometry performed at weeks five of hospitalization showed a larger pseudo-aneurysm with new features of a saccular aneurysm (Fig. 4).