This axial,T2-weighted MR image through an area of disc space infection/vertebral osteomyelitis in the upper thoracic spine shows destructive change of the vertebral body extending into the ventral epidural space and compressing the spinal cord. The epidural component is an abscess/phlegmon. This represents discitis (disc space infection) and vertebral osteomyelitis (bone infection). These are often blood borne organisms deposited in these locations secondary to bacteraemia (infections in the blood stream) | |
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