![(A) Lateral radiography shows severe kyphosis resulting from significant destruction of two contiguous vertebral segments by tuberculosis infection in the thoracolumbar junction (Modified from Rahimi-Movaghar [15], with permission from Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences). (B) Schematic representation of the pathology, affecting the intervertebral disc, vertebral bodies, and anterior paravertebral region (orange). The posterior elements are also involved. As a result of such a significant deformity, noticeable compression endangers spinal cord (yellow).

Rasouli MR, Mirkoohi M, Vaccaro AR, Yarandi KK, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Spinal tuberculosis: diagnosis and management. Asian Spine Journal. 2012 Dec;6(4):294-308. DOI: 10.4184/asj.2012.6.4.294. PMID: 23275816; PMCID: PMC3530707.](attachment:3411d137-2a10-4b41-a366-eab3f5ee6700:download.jpg)

(A) Lateral radiography shows severe kyphosis resulting from significant destruction of two contiguous vertebral segments by tuberculosis infection in the thoracolumbar junction (Modified from Rahimi-Movaghar [15], with permission from Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences). (B) Schematic representation of the pathology, affecting the intervertebral disc, vertebral bodies, and anterior paravertebral region (orange). The posterior elements are also involved. As a result of such a significant deformity, noticeable compression endangers spinal cord (yellow).

Rasouli MR, Mirkoohi M, Vaccaro AR, Yarandi KK, Rahimi-Movaghar V. Spinal tuberculosis: diagnosis and management. Asian Spine Journal. 2012 Dec;6(4):294-308. DOI: 10.4184/asj.2012.6.4.294. PMID: 23275816; PMCID: PMC3530707.