Imaging Characteristics of Spinal Tuberculosis
SUN Wen-guo
WANG Ying-chun
CHANG Li-na
KONG Yan-liang
Abstract：Objective To summarize imaging characteristics of spinal tuberculosis.Methods Clinical data of 38 patients with spinal tuberculosis confirmed by postoperatively pathological results during February 2010 and June 2013 was retrospectively analyzed.Results All patients underwent CT and MRI examinations.There were 16 patients with vertebral collapse, 12 patients with visible sequestrum and 10 patients with 2 or more adjacent vertebral destruction.There were 32 patients with narrow intervertebral space, 4 patients with intervertebral disc disappearance and 2 patients with no obvious changes of intervertebral disc.There were 4 patients with involvement of vertebral arch, 1 patient with involvement of vertebral plate and 33 patients with no abnormalities of adnexa.There were 35 patients with different degrees of paraspinal soft tissue shadows and 3 patients without the shadows.There were 12 patients with soft tissue bursting into the spinal canal, 5 patients with involvement of spinal cord and dura mater, and 21 patients with compression, deformation and displacement in spinal cord and dura mater capsule.The result by CT diagnosis was 34 patients with spinal tuberculosis, and the diagnosis coincidence rate was 89.47％, while the result by MRI was 35 patients with spinal tuberculosis, and the diagnosis coincidence rate was 92.11％, but the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05).Conclusion The CT and MRI characteristics of spinal tuberculosis are special, and therefore it can provide references for confirming diagnosis and giving the therapeutic plan.
Keywords：TuberculosisspinalTomographyspiral computedNuclear magnetic resonance
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 70-72 )