A Scoring System for Outpatient Orthopedist to Preliminarily Distinguish Spinal Metastasis from Spinal Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Analysis of 141 Patients

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Included imaging features. (a) Isolated vertebral lesion. (b) Skipped vertebral lesions. (c) Contiguous vertebral lesions and subligamentous spread of abscess. (d) Preserved intervertebral disc. (e) Destroyed intervertebral disc and subligamentous spread of abscess. (f) Destroyed vertebral posterior elements. (g) Destroyed vertebral body. (h) Sequestra formation. (i) Paravertebral abscess.

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