Community-Acquired MRSA Pyomyositis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Saggittal thoracolumbar spine MRI with STIR (short T1/tau inversion recovery): day 1 (a) and day 11 (b). Serial MRI images of the thoracic and sacral spinal cord from hospitalization day 1 (a) and day 11 (b) using STIR (short T1/tau inversion recovery) sequences. Panel A shows a cm multiloculated abscess of the right paraspinal musculature in the L2–L5 region, and subtle enhancement of the L3-L4 transverse processes, consistent with osteomyelitis. There is no epidural abscess. The MRI in (b) shows extensive rim enhancement of the epidural column and severe anterior compression of the spinal cord.
