Fig. 3From: The routes of infection spread in central skull-base osteomyelitis and the diagnostic role of CT and MRI scansDay 5–75. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI, axial plane, T1-weighted, with fat suppression. Signal is homogeneously increased in the Eustachian tube and longus colli muscle. Cortical bone within the skull base is eroded, specifically the basal portion of the occipital bone ventrodorsallyBack to article page