Intradural Staphylococcus aureus Abscess of the Cauda Equina in an Otherwise Healthy Patient

Figure 1

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study was performed one month after onset of symptoms and showed (a) a lesion with extensive enhancement of the lesion periphery and (b) extension of enhancement to the distal nerve roots on sagittal fat-suppressed T1-weighted MRI.

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