Fig. 2

Preoperative radiography (a, b) and MRI (c, d) of a 23-year-old female patient with tuberculosis at T8–L3 with extensive paravertebral abscesses. Radiography (e), MRI (f), and CT (g and h) at the final follow-up showed definitive interbody bone fusion was achieved at T9–10 and T12–L1. MRI: magnetic resonance image; CT: computed tomography scan