Pott's disease MRI
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
MRI is useful to confirm the extent of disease spread and involvement of the surrounding soft tissue. Complete spine MRI must be obtained to rule out non-contiguous lesions. MRI is the diagnostic investigation of choice for spinal tuberculosis.
MRI
Findings on MRI to determine the extent of the disease include the following:
- Presence of abscesses and involvement of the vertebral body which appears as a change in the bone marrow signal intensity.
- Disc destruction
- Cold abscess
- Edema and enhancement of the bone marrow
- Vertebral collapse
- Presence of intramedullary or extramedullary tuberculoma, spinal cord cavitation
- Spinal canal narrowing
 Image courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopedia. (original file here) Creative Commons BY-SA-NC |
 Image courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopedia. (original file here) Creative Commons BY-SA-NC |
 Image courtesy of Dr Hani Salam, Radiopedia. (original file here) Creative Commons BY-SA-NC |