Spinal-Pelvic Dissociation in Pregnancy: Surgical Fixation of Culture-Negative Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Figure 3

MRI showed an extensive oedema of the posterior paraspinal muscles bilaterally from L4 to S2 levels and diffuse marrow oedema of the sacrum. A large collection in the right posterior paraspinal muscles tracking inferiorly and anteriorly through a large bony defect in the right half of the sacrum seen in the axial (a) and coronal (b) views. There are bilateral spinal-pelvic fractures and dissociation.

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