OBJECTIVE: MR imaging studies of 15 patients with documented vertebral column coccidioidomycosis infection were retrospectively reviewed to determine the MR imaging features of coccidioidal spondylitis. CONCLUSION: On MR imaging, coccidioidal spondylitis may be unifocal or multifocal. Involvement of an intervertebral disk, vertebral body marrow, and adjacent epidural and soft tissue is generally seen.
OBJECTIVE: MR imaging studies of 15 patients with documented vertebral column coccidioidomycosis infection were retrospectively reviewed to determine the MR imaging features of coccidioidal spondylitis. CONCLUSION: On MR imaging, coccidioidal spondylitis may be unifocal or multifocal. Involvement of an intervertebral disk, vertebral body marrow, and adjacent epidural and soft tissue is generally seen.