Clinical Study

A Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery for Infectious Spondylodiscitis of the Thoracic and Upper Lumbar Spine in Immunocompromised Patients

Figure 1

MRI evidence of T8-T9 infectious spondylodiscitis in patient number 13 in (a) coronal, (b) sagittal, and (c) axial view. T1-weighted signal with gadolinium contrast of spine MRI showed increased signal at the T8 and T9 vertebral bodies and also ring enhancement of the destroyed T8-T9 intervertebral disc.
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