06 October 2022>: Articles
A 60-Year-Old Man with Gingivitis and Poorly Controlled Diabetes Developing Low Back Pain 1 Week Following Recovery from COVID-19 Diagnosed with Spinal Abscess Due to
Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease
Eric Chun-Pu Chu A , Robert J. Trager C* , Alan Te Chang Chen A , John Sing Fai Shum BDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937517
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937517
Figure 5. Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging suggestive of epidural abscess. The sagittal short tau inversion recovery (STIR) image (A) and axial T2-weighted image at the level of L5 (B) show an abnormal ventral epidural collection extending from L5 to S1 which is STIR hyperintense and T2 intermediate signal intensity (arrowheads).