Cervical Spinal Osteomyelitis with Epidural Abscess following an Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection in an Immunocompetent Host

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Sagittal and axial MRI scan of the cervical spine showing epidural abscess along the anterior margin of the cervical spinal cord (red arrow) causing cord compression from C5 through C7 (green arrow). There is also anterior subligamentous abscess from C4 through T2 (blue arrow) and marrow edema and enhancement involving C6 and C7 vertebral bodies (white arrow) with increased signal in the intervertebral disc space at C6-C7 consistent with osteomyelitis and discitis.

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