Trauma Induced Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease of the Lumbar Spine

Figure 4

MRI of the lumbar spine (T1 fat sat + gadolinium): the gadolinium-enhanced sagittal T1-weighed MR image shows peripheral enhancement of L4-L5 disc and marrow edema extending from the L4 and L5 vertebrae with anterior epidural abscess-like spondylodiscitits (arrow). The MR image shows inflammation with enhancement of L1-L2 and L4-L5 zygapophysial joints (stars).