Fig. 3 (A–C) A 5-year-old children with atypical spinal TB. (A) Lateral cervical vertebra radiograph showed bone destruction and osteopenia of the C4 vertebral body. (B) CT scan showed irregular lesions at the C4 vertebral body and swelling in paravertebral soft tissues. (C) C4 vertebral body had high signal on the T2-weighted image and the involved vertebral body was osteolysis or wedging. (D–F) A 60-year-old woman with atypical spinal TB. (D) Lateral lumbar spine radiograph showed T11 was slightly wedging. (E), (F) MRI showed an isolated slightly concentric collapse of the T11 vertebral body. The adjoining disk spaces were preserved.