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. 2011 Aug 12;5(3):155–161. doi: 10.4184/asj.2011.5.3.155

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Fig. 1 — A 26-year-old female with tuberculous spondylodiscitis at T5-6 with muti-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (A) Preoperative plain radiograph (lateral view) demonstrating the kyphotic deformity (34°) and partial destruction of T6. (B) Preoperative T2 weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), sagittal section demonstrating the epidural and anterior vertebral abscess. (C) Preoperative T2 weighted MRI, axial section showing the large anterior abscess. (D) Follow up plain radiograph (lateral view) at 21 months showing fusion and the intact implants. (E) Computed tomogram (sagittal section) facilitating the demonstration of interbody fusion at T5-6.