Characteristics and Management of Spinal Tuberculosis in Tuberculosis Endemic Area of Guizhou Province: A Retrospective Study of 597 Patients in a Teaching Hospital

Table 5

Imaging characteristics and laboratory findings of 597 spinal TB patients.

Characteristics	Value, n (%)
Location
Cervical	20 (2.70)
Thoracic	303 (40.95)
Lumbar	350 (47.30)
Sacral	67 (9.05)
Vertebra involved
1	92 (15.41)
2	360 (60.30)
≥3	145 (24.29)
Skipped lesion
C, T	2 (0.34)
T, L	13 (2.18)
T, T	4 (0.67)
L, S	3 (0.50)
T, L, S	3 (0.50)

(C-cervical vertebral; T-thoracic vertebral; L-lumbar vertebral; S-sacral vertebral).