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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

CT scan of spine provides much precise bony details of vertebral bodies, intervertebral disks, sclerosis, and osteoporotic vertebral end plates. It is helpful to detect early lesions and is more effective for defining the shape and calcification of soft-tissue abscesses.

CT

CT can pick up the changes of spinal tuberculosis early in the disease and is useful to study the extent of the disease including the presence of calcification in the abscesses. CT guided biopsy is done to confirm the etiology.