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. 2009 Mar 18;28(8):883–892. doi: 10.1007/s10067-009-1151-x

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Schematic presentation of the development of discovertebral (Andersson) lesions; lesions may originate from inflammation combined with unfused segments (last mobile segment; a), fractures trough the ankylosed disc (b) or fractures trough the vertebral body (c). Finally, a characteristic Andersson lesion develops, with (e) or without (d) a kyphotic deformity