Fig. 3From: Simultaneous 18F-FDG PET/MRI in tuberculous spondylitis: an independent method for assessing therapeutic response - case seriesThe third patient’s follow-up PET/MRI at 12-month anti-TB medication therapy (b) revealed sustained abscesses around the paravertebral space with intra-abscess SUVmax (from 6.67 of PET/MRI at diagnosis to 7.02) even though decreased bone marrow edema and epidural abscess on T8–9 compared with PET/MRI at diagnosis (a). After additional three months of anti-TB medication, the leak of the tuberculous abscess through the fistula developed againBack to article page