Fig. 10

74-year-old man presenting with acute low back pain following a fall. Sagittal STIR image at the time of presentation (a) shows end-plate deformities and bone marrow edema involving L2 and L4 vertebral bodies. When compared to prior study from 14 months ago (b), it became clear compression fracture of L2 is actually chronic. Change involving L4 is a new finding consistent with acute Schmorl’s node in this patient who had no clinical or laboratory evidence of active infection