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A 70-year-old man with a C1-C2 MRSA spondylitis and epidural abscess formation. (A) Sagittal and (B) axial MR imaging show erosion of the C1-C2, destruction of the odontoid process and abscess epidural formation. Because of progressive neurological deficits (tetraplegia) he was treated with (C) antero-posterior decrompression and craniocervical fusion followed by a 6-month antibiotics regimen.
