The need for computed tomography imaging to differentiate the crowned dens syndrome from vertebral osteomyelitis

G KennyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]

P MacMahonDepartment of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

P DempseyDepartment of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

E MuldoonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

G SheehanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

GM McCarthyDepartment of Rheumatology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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