Fig. 3
From: Spinal osteoblastoma: a retrospective study of 35 patients’ imaging findings with an emphasis on MRI
A 42-year-old man with osteoblastoma appearing as vertebra plana. Bone scan shows increased radionuclide tracer uptake at T7 (a). Radiograph shows a vertebra plana at T7 (b). CT depicts an expansile, mainly lytic soft tissue replacement of the bony trabeculae throughout the body (c, d). Pre- and paravertebral soft tissue extension, circumferential epidural extension enveloping and compressing the cord showed on T2WI (e) and contrast-enhanced T1WI (f)