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case_images: Chest computed tomography, with the axial pulmonary window showing multiple randomly distributed pulmonary micronodules (arrows) in both lungs.
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case_images: T7 vertebral collapse and diffuse nodular pulmonary opacities. The patient was hospitalized; chest computed tomography (CT) revealed the presence of diffuse micronodular disease ( Figure 1) and vertebral collapse associated with signs of spondylodiscitis at T6-T7 and T7-T8, which were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging. Sagittal T2 short tau inversion recovery showing the hyperintensity of the T6-T7 intervertebral disk and the absence of the internuclear cleft. Hyperintensity of the adjacent vertebral bodies was also observed. The lesion posteriorly compressed the dural sac and the spinal cord (arrow).
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case_images: T7 vertebral collapse and diffuse nodular pulmonary opacities. The patient was hospitalized; chest computed tomography (CT) revealed the presence of diffuse micronodular disease ( Figure 1) and vertebral collapse associated with signs of spondylodiscitis at T6-T7 and T7-T8, which were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging. Sagittal contrast-enhanced T1-weighted fat-suppressed MR weighted image of the thoracic spine showing paravertebral collections with peripheral enhancement, enhancement of the T6 and T8 vertebral bodies (arrow), a necrotic collapsed T7 vertebral body, and a posterior epidural mass with peripheral enhancement at the T4-T7 levels, suggesting epidural abscess. An anterior epidural collection at the T7 level combined with angular kyphosis resulted in spinal cord compression (arrow).
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case_images: T7 vertebral collapse and diffuse nodular pulmonary opacities. The patient was hospitalized; chest computed tomography (CT) revealed the presence of diffuse micronodular disease ( Figure 1) and vertebral collapse associated with signs of spondylodiscitis at T6-T7 and T7-T8, which were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (Figures 2 and 3).