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From: A rare lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis caused by staphylococcus caprae with initial misdiagnosis: case report and literature review

Fig. 4

Radiological findings at the 12th month after treatment. Notes: (a and b) X-ray showed degeneration of lumbar spine, hyperplasia of vertebrae, no significant narrowing of L4–5 inter-vertebral space. (c) CT showed the area of vertebral destruction was almost recovered and the bone sclerosis around the lesion (arrow). (d and e) MRI showed the area of inflammatory signal (hypointense on T1-W images and heterogeneous hyperintense on T2-W images) almost disappeared (arrow)

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