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case_images: standard radiography showed osteolysis with compression of the vertebral body of C4
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case_images: F1
case_images: Standard radiography showed osteolysis with compression of the body of C4 (Figure 1).
case_images: magnetic resonance imaging revealed a compression of the C4 body with epiduritis, or spinal epidural abscess, and infiltration of the paravertebral soft tissues, suggesting primarily an infectious origin
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case_images: F2
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the CT scan data and revealed a compression of the C4 vertebral body with epiduritis, or spinal epidural abscess and infiltration of the paravertebral soft tissues, suggesting primarily an infectious origin (Figure 2).
case_images: anterior arthrodesis
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case_images: F3
case_images: The patient was treated with an anterior arthrodesis (Figure 3) and quadruple tuberculosis chemotherapy for 12 months.