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Diffusion-weighted whole-body imaging with background suppression (DWIBS) was utilized and clearly identified a prostatic abscess (PA), nephritis, urethritis, and subcutaneous cysts. These findings also raised suspicion of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Crucially, the PA, urethritis, subcutaneous cysts, and potentially the vertebral osteomyelitis were either overlooked or not detected by initial CT imaging. DWIBS allows for simultaneous whole-body screening and serves as a useful adjunctive tool for identifying minute abscesses, which may assist in detecting inflammatory foci that are sometimes overlooked by conventional imaging. Unlike CT, DWIBS avoids radiation and contrast agents, and is significantly more cost-effective than positron emission tomography-CT (PET-CT). 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