Clinical question: Patient with low back pain, elevated CRP/ESR, evaluate for discitis/osteomyelitis. Signs and symptoms: As above. Nonenhanced total spine MRI:Evaluation of cervical region demonstrate normal signal intensity and alignment of vertebral column. Unremarkable signal intensity and caliber of the cervical cord. No evidence of spinal stenosis at any level. No detectable paraspinal soft tissue abnormality.Evaluation of the thoracolumbar spine demonstrate normal signal intensity and anatomical alignment of vertebral column. Unremarkable signal intensity of thoracic cord. No evidence of spinal stenosis at any level.No evidence of perispinal soft tissue abnormalities.
No evidence of cord compression.