Fig. 1

Imaging findings before antimycobacterial treatment (a T1-weighted spinal MRI obtained 2 months before admission, b spinal CT obtained 3 weeks before admission, c enhanced chest CT scan on admission, d chest X-ray film after treatment with ampicillin/sulbactam for 11 days, e chest X-ray film during chest drainage and administration of cefoperazone/sulbactam following thoracoscopic curettage, f chest CT scan one month after chest tube removal). Spinal MRI and CT detected a T7/8 vertebral lesion (circled). Chest drainage achieved satisfactory re-expansion of the right lung. After removal of the chest tube, a paravertebral lesion was detected on CT (circled)