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

Fig. 3

Radiological findings after 6 weeks treatment. Notes: (a and b) X-ray after treatment showed degeneration of lumbar spine, hyperplasia of vertebrae, no significant narrowing of L4–5 inter-vertebral space. (c) CT showed the area of vertebral worm-eaten-like damages were reducing and limited, the bone sclerosis appeared around the lesion (arrow).(d and e) MRI after 6 weeks treatment showed the area of inflammatory signal (hypointense on T1-WI and heterogeneous hyperintense on T2-WI) was significantly reducing (arrow)

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