Case of June 2012

 

Clinical History:


A 58-year-old lady with end-staged renal failure on hemodialysis for 13 years complained of gradual onset and slowly progressive low back pain for 4 years. She is afebrile all along.


                                                   Lumbar spine radiographs

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        Sagittal T1 MR image                     Sagittal STIR MR                Sagittal STIR MR

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