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case_images: T2-weighted sagittal and axial view showed a facet effusion, paraspinal abscess, and epidural abscess in the level of 10th-11th thoracic vertebra.
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case_images: A MRI scan of the spine revealed a facet effusion, paraspinal abscess, and epidural abscess in the level of 10th-11th thoracic vertebra (Figure 1).
case_images: MRI taken on the 7th day after surgery (a) showed decompression of the spine and recorded a high signal in the spinal cord, indicating local ischemic changes of the spine at the Th 10 level ((a) arrow). The MRI taken 3 months after the surgery (b) showed no ischemic change or the facet effusion.
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case_images: Th 10 level (Figure 2). The follow-up MRI taken 3 months after the surgery showed no ischemic change or the facet effusion (Figure 2); there was no recurrence of infection 1 year after surgery.