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Fig.2 | BMC Surgery

Fig.2

From: Single-stage transforaminal decompression, debridement, interbody fusion, and posterior instrumentation for lumbosacral brucellosis

Fig.2

A 69-year-old male present with L3-L4 spinal brucellosis; (a) Anteroposterior view showed hyperplastic changes occur on the lateral edge of L3-L4 vertebral body, leading to the formation of osteophytes (arrow); (b) Lateral view showed disc space narrowing and anterior osteophyte formation (parrot’s beak); (c, d) Sagittal T1 and T2 weighted MRI images showed lesions involving in L3-L4 vertebral bodies and intervertebral disc. Epidural abscess and inflammatory granuloma formation; (e, f) Transverse MRI and CT images demonstrated spinal canal stenosis; (g, h) Postoperative X-ray showed intervertebral bone grafting and instrumentation; (i) 12-month postoperative X-ray showed a good fixed position and interbody fusion

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