"Posterior involvement "
"T1: hypointense marrow in adjacent vertebrae"
"T2: hyperintense marrow, disc, soft tissue infection"
"T1 C+ (Gd): marrow, subligamentous, discal, dural enhancement"
"In adults preserved disk with vertebral erosion is commonly referred as "floating disk sign" 11."
"In adults preserved disk with vertebral erosion is commonly referred as "floating disk sign" 11."
"pyogenic infection: compared to pyogenic infection, tuberculous spondylitis has relatively preserved disk-space height, forms large paraspinal abscesses with a smooth enhancing wall and there is usually systemic involvement of multiple organs. See: tuberculous spondylitis versus pyogenic spondylitis"
Expected headings
"Anterior involvement"
"Central involvement"
"Posterior involvement "
"Synovial/joint involvement"
"Cold abscess"
"CT and MRI"
"Follow-up"
"In adults and particularly older individuals, the disc is conspicuously spared due to its sparse vascularity. In contrast, in younger individuals, especially children, the disc, although still more likely to be spared than in pyogenic infection, may be involved early, as it has a far richer blood supply 8."
"In late-stage spinal tuberculosis, large paraspinal abscesses can develop without severe pain or frank pus or prominent inflammatory signs and symptoms; thus "cold abscess"."
"brucellosis tends to involve a single vertebral body, usually in the lumbar spine; although TB can also affect the lumbar spine it has a predilection for the thoracic spine and usually involves multiple levels 11"
"fungal infection (e.g. cryptococcosis)"