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case_images: Computed tomography of the lumbar spine on arrival showed an L3 fracture (red arrow)
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: They showed an L3 compression fracture with no evidence of vertebral infection (Figures 1, 2).
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine on arrival revealed an L3 fracture (blue arrow).
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: They showed an L3 compression fracture with no evidence of vertebral infection (Figures 1, 2).
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine on day nine showed hyperintensity of the L3 and L4 vertebral bodies (red arrows) and the contiguous disk (blue arrow).
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: It revealed evidence of L3-L4 osteomyelitis with increased signal intensity from the adjacent disks and vertebrae (Figure 3).