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transitional mri characteristics of vertebral osteomyelitis in the cervical spine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2005

k. ido ,
n. i. yoshida  and
i.-l. urushidani
k. ido
Affiliation:
department of orthopaedic surgery, kurashiki central hospital, kurashiki-city, okayama, japan
n. i. yoshida
Affiliation:
department of orthopaedic surgery, kurashiki central hospital, kurashiki-city, okayama, japan
i.-l. urushidani
Affiliation:
department of orthopaedic surgery, kurashiki central hospital, kurashiki-city, okayama, japan
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Abstract

a 49-year-old man with cervical osteomyelitis and right hemiparesis treated surgically was presented. mri at 2 weeks after the onset revealed a disc bulging at c5/6, whereas those at 4 weeks showed spinal cord compression and surrounding abscess formation. drastic destructive features progressed between 2 and 4 weeks after the onset. repeated mri investigation using fat suppression technique or gadolinium enhancement will be necessary for a difficult diagnostic vertebral osteomyelitis.

Keywords

osteomyelitiscervical spinemagnetic resonance imaginghemiparesissurgery
Type
case report
Information
Journal of Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging , Volume 5 , Issue 3-4 , March 2005 , pp. 171 - 173
Copyright
© 2005 cambridge university press

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