title: Diffusion-weighted imaging in a patient with vertebral and epidural abscesses.
abstract: In this report, we describe the appearance of the spinal vertebral body and epidural abscesses in a patient who underwent diffusion-weighted imaging of the spine and CT-guided aspiration of one of the abscesses. The abscesses were hyperintense relative to the surrounding tissues on diffusion-weighted images, and they appeared dark on apparent diffusion coefficient maps; these findings were consistent with those of published reports of the brain and liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center and Durham Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, NC 27710-3808, USA.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: Robin T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Vollmer
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Provenzale
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000473:pathology*