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case_images: The spinal cord was imaged using MRI, including sagittal views in T1WI (A), T2WI (B), and contrast-enhanced T1WI (C) additionally, coronal views in contrast-enhanced T1WI were obtained (D), along with axial views in contrast-enhanced T1WI (E) furthermore, the brain was examined using MRI, specifically axial views in T1WI (F), T2WI (G), and contrast-enhanced T1WI images were acquired as well (H). Chest CT scans revealed suspicious tuberculosis foci (I, J). MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; CT, computerized tomography; T1WI, T1-weighted imaging; T2WI, T2-weighted imaging.
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case_images: Chest CT scan revealed the presence of emphysema, chronic infection in both lungs, and evidence of prior tuberculosis infection (Figure 1).
case_images: The surgical procedure for spinal cord surgery, which involves exposure (A), incision (B), drainage (C), and hemostasis (D); post-operative MRI images of the spinal cord are presented in T1WI (E), T2WI (F), and contrast-enhanced T1WI (G) MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; T1WI, T1-weighted imaging; T2WI, T2-weighted imaging.
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case_images: Post-operative pus culture revealed an infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, which exhibited sensitivity to most antibiotics tested (Figure 2).
case_images: Brain MRI, including axial views in T1WI (A), T2WI (B), and contrast-enhanced T1WI (C), as well as coronal (D) and sagittal (E) views in contrast-enhanced T1WI, revealed the progressive nature of the left frontal lobe lesion. Unbroken cerebral abscess (F) and its pus (G) MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; T1WI, T1-weighted imaging; T2WI, T2-weighted imaging.
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case_images: Dissection of the abscess exhibited a thickened wall and yellowish pus within the cavity, resembling that found in the spinal cord, and pus culture yielded negative results (Figure 3).