Establishment and Initial Testing of a Medium-Sized, Surgically Feasible Animal Model for Brucellar Spondylodiscitis: A Preliminary Study

Figure 3

Representative T2WI MRI images in coronal (a), sagittal (b), and transverse (c) orientations of a rabbit with a type IV (compound type) Brucellar spondylodiscitis at 8 weeks postoperatively. Isosignal or slight hyperintense signal was observed within the L5 and L6 vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs and hyperintense signal within the paravertebral soft tissue. Yellow arrowheads designate the margin of a paravertebral abscess.

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