Figure 5From: Treatment of pathologic spinal fractures with combined radiofrequency ablation and balloon kyphoplastyDiffuse thoracolumbar pain in a 71-year-old patient. The T1-w TSE MR image (a) and the sagittal reconstruction of the corresponding CT, showed diffuse infiltration of the L1 vertebral body (arrows). In addition, old osteoporotic fractures were noticed in the T12 and L4 vertebrae (open arrows). The bone marrow signal intensity on the MR image is inhomogenous.Back to article page