Imaging of pyogenic infectious spondylodiskitis.
The presence of infectious spondylodiskitis and its complications may present protean clinical and imaging findings. The frequent use of multi-imaging modalities has led to a greater sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of this ubiquitous disease.
Varma
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Department of Radiology, Montréal General Hospital, McGill University, Québec, Canada.
Lander
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Assaf
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D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013492:Suppuration