• A 62-year-old man

  • Lumbar and dorsal pain during the night

  • Psoriasis

Fig. 1
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Sagittal SE T1-weighted image (a), sagittal TSE T2-weighted image with fat saturation (b), sagittal SE T1-weighted images with fat saturation after the administration of contrast medium (c–e). Spondylodiscitis with multiple lesions in acute and/or chronic phase in cervical, dorsal, and lumbar spine (a–e, arrows). A typical active Andersson lesion (spondylodiscitis) is visualized at D11/D12, with subchondral edema-osteitis, discitis, and erosions (a–d). An older Andersson lesion with fatty degeneration of the bone marrow is visualized at L1 (a)

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