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. 2016 Aug 23;17(5):565–580. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2016.17.5.565

Fig. 17. Pyogenic spondylodiscitis caused by operation.

Fig. 17

29-year-old man presented with pain and fever after percutaneous discectomy. Seven days after discectomy for disc extrusion, sagittal T1-weighted imaging (T1WI) (A) showed focal cortical discontinuity (arrow) and faint marrow signal changes. Corresponding fat-suppressed, contrast-enhanced sagittal T1WI (B) showed prominent epidural enhancement (arrows). MRI (images not shown) performed 20 days after first post-operative MRI revealed aggravation of infectious changes.