Question 1655
{"accessible":false,"alternatives":[{"id":8234,"text":"lumbar spine is the commonest location"},{"id":8235,"text":"moderate to complete destruction of the intervertebral disc"},{"id":8236,"text":"thick and irregular wall of the abscess formation"},{"id":8237,"text":"irregularity of the anterior vertebral margin"},{"id":8238,"text":"involves no more than 2 vertebral bodies"}],"archived":false,"correctAlternativeId":8237,"explanation":"\u003cp\u003eIrregularity of the anterior vertebral margin is not common in \u003ca title=\"Pyogenic spondylitis\" class=\"internal\" href=\"/articles/pyogenic-spondylitis\"\u003epyogenic spondylitis\u003c/a\u003e, usually seen in \u003ca title=\"Tuberculous spondylitis\" class=\"internal\" href=\"/articles/tuberculous-spondylitis-2\"\u003etuberculous spondylitis\u003c/a\u003e due to the subligamentous extension of the infection causing irregularity of the vertebral margin and it is considered as \u0026nbsp;a classical appearance of tuberculous spondylitis.\u003c/p\u003e","id":1655,"imageUrl":null,"imageAttribution":null,"imageAttributionCaseInfo":null,"firstQuestionPath":"/questions/1655","nextQuestionPath":"/articles/tuberculous-spondylitis-2/questions/1535","relatedArticles":[{"id":66341,"title":"Tuberculous spondylitis vs pyogenic spondylitis","link":"/articles/tuberculous-spondylitis-vs-pyogenic-spondylitis-1?lang=us"},{"id":66512,"title":"Pyogenic spondylitis","link":"/articles/pyogenic-spondylitis?lang=us"}],"alsoUsedIn":[],"stem":"\u003cp\u003eWhich of the following features is \u003cstrong\u003eNOT\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003ecommon in\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003ea\u0026nbsp;pyogenic spondylitis?\u003c/p\u003e","menuLinks":[{"text":"Report problem with question","url":"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO3soWYhOjJ7yErSysyCe5V4A1CqW7WK3rDA7MtAkecMGqNw/viewform?entry.1624461248\u0026entry.553583435=https://radiopaedia.org/questions/1655"}],"attemptsPercentages":[{"alternativeId":"8236","percentage":8},{"alternativeId":"8235","percentage":6},{"alternativeId":"8237","percentage":58},{"alternativeId":"8238","percentage":19},{"alternativeId":"8234","percentage":8}],"promptToLogin":false,"questionManager":false,"articleId":"tuberculous-spondylitis"}