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case_images: Non-contrast axial CT image showing an aneurysm with erosion of the anterior vertebral body and a soft tissue collection posterior to the aneurysm between the psoas muscle and the spine (arrow).
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case_images: Later, CT chest, abdomen and pelvis showed soft tissue posterior to the aneurysm as well as periaortic inflammatory process, no malignancy was found (Figure 1).
case_images: Axial T2 scan showing erosion of anterior L4 vertebra and extending collection in the form a small abscess over the right paravertebral region within the right psoas muscle (arrow).
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case_images:  An MRI (lumbar spine) showed a small abscess collection over the right paravertebral region (Figure 2).
case_images: FDG-PET scan showing L4/5 disc destruction and intense FDG uptake within the disc with increased activity in the area of extension to the right psoas muscle (arrow). FDG, fludeoxyglucose.
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case_images: Moreover, an FDG-PET scan of lumbar spine showed an increased uptake in L4/5 disc with continuity to the right psoas muscle (Figure 3).