Coccidioidal spondylitis: MR findings in 15 patients.
OBJECTIVE
MR imaging studies of 15 patients with documented vertebral column coccidioidomycosis infection were retrospectively reviewed to determine the MR imaging features of coccidioidal spondylitis.


CONCLUSIONS
On MR imaging, coccidioidal spondylitis may be unifocal or multifocal. Involvement of an intervertebral disk, vertebral body marrow, and adjacent epidural and soft tissue is generally seen.
Olson
E M
EM
Radiology Department, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, USA.
Duberg
A C
AC
Herron
L D
LD
Kissel
P
P
Smilovitz
D
D
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*