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 2. Cervical magnetic resonance imaging suggestive of paraspinal abscess. Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) right parasagittal view (A), and axials at the C4 vertebral segment including a T1-weighted axial (B), and STIR axial (C), showing an intramuscular T1-weighted hypointense, STIR hyperintense lesion at the right posterior paraspinal muscle from C2 to C5 level, measuring 1.97×2.94×4.47 cm (arrowheads).