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Research ArticleSPINE IMAGING AND SPINE IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS

Management Outcomes after Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy for Suspected Vertebral Osteomyelitis-Discitis

Dania G. Malik, Mathew V. Smith, Gabriel M. Swenson, Robert E. Grady, Felix E. Diehn, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Jeffrey S. Ross and Tanya J. Rath
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8630
Dania G. Malik
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Mathew V. Smith
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Gabriel M. Swenson
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Robert E. Grady
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Felix E. Diehn
bDepartment of Radiology (F.E.D.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Erik H. Middlebrooks
cDepartment of Radiology (E.H.M.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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Jeffrey S. Ross
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Tanya J. Rath
aFrom the Department of Radiology (D.G.M., M.V.S., G.M.S., R.E.G., J.S.R., T.J.R.), Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona
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Dania G. Malik, Mathew V. Smith, Gabriel M. Swenson, Robert E. Grady, Felix E. Diehn, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Jeffrey S. Ross, Tanya J. Rath
Management Outcomes after Image-Guided Percutaneous Biopsy for Suspected Vertebral Osteomyelitis-Discitis
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