Items tagged “infectiousdisease”

Tuberculous spondylitis and pyogenic spondylitis are both common causes of spinal infection. Imaging findings of these two diseases can be challenging to distinguish, yet crucial because the treatments for these infections are particularly different 2. Radiographic features Useful distinguishi...

Necrotizing soft tissue infections are a category of bacterial infection characterized by rapidly progressive tissue destruction involving the skin, subcutaneous fat, deep fascia, and/or muscle. Terminology Traditionally, such infections have been separated by the depth of involvement 1,2: ne...

Histoplasmoma is the name for a specific kind of nodule secondary to granulomatous reaction to histoplasmosis infection. It is often described as having a pathognomonic target lesion appearance, describing a well-defined nodule with a central core of calcification 5. Histoplasmomas can appear ...