Fig. 1From: Two cases of pneumococcal spondylitis in the same household: a case reportLumbar MRI-short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) image (hospital day 3). An STIR image shows mildly hyperintense signal (red circle) in the vertebral body endplate of lumbar segments 4 and 5, which dips down on the posterior side of the 5th lumbar vertebraBack to article page