Open AccessUtility of magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of tubercular and pyogenic spondylodiscitis
Author(s) -
Ritu Galhotra,
Tanica Jain,
P. Sandhu,
Vineet Galhotra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160016
Subject(s) - spondylodiscitis , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , spondylitis , differential diagnosis , abscess , radiology , discitis , incidence (geometry) , nuclear medicine , surgery , pathology , ankylosing spondylitis , physics , optics
We evaluated the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of spinal infections and specifically its accuracy in differentiating tubercular and pyogenic spondylodiscitis.