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American Journal of Neuroradiology 23:496-498, March 2002
© 2002 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
SPINE

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in a Patient with Vertebral and Epidural Abscesses

James D. Eastwood^a, Robin T. Vollmer^b and James M. Provenzale^a

^a Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center and Durham Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, NC
^b Department of Anatomic Pathology, Durham Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, NC

Address reprint request to James D. Eastwood, MD, Box 3808 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710-3808

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.

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