RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in a Patient with Vertebral and Epidural Abscesses
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 496
OP 498
VO 23
IS 3
A1 Eastwood, James D.
A1 Vollmer, Robin T.
A1 Provenzale, James M.
YR 2002
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/3/496.abstract
AB Summary: In this report, we describe the appearance of the spinal vertebral body and epidural abscesses in a patient who underwent diffusion-weighted imaging of the spine and CT-guided aspiration of one of the abscesses. The abscesses were hyperintense relative to the surrounding tissues on diffusion-weighted images, and they appeared dark on apparent diffusion coefficient maps; these findings were consistent with those of published reports of the brain and liver.