Progression of Infection after Surgical CT Navigation-Assisted Aspiration Biopsy of a Vertebral Abscess

<div>MRI scan of the lumbar spine. Sagittal spin-echo T2 weighted MR image (a) and T1 weighted MR image (b); contrast-enhanced T1 weighted image with fat saturation (c) only reveal edematous changes of the vertebral body of L3 with integrity of the L3-L4 disk. Axial Short tau inversion recovery MR image (d) shows vertebral abscess with extension to the paravertebral soft tissues (white arrow).</div>

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Figure 2: Progression of Infection after Surgical CT Navigation-Assisted Aspiration Biopsy of a Vertebral Abscess 