Fig. 2.

A 54-year-old woman with MRI findings consistent with acute Schmorl node. Sagittal T1-weighted (a), fat-suppressed T2-weighted (b), gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted (c), and gadolinium-enhanced subtraction images (d) show a focal impression in the superior endplate of the L3 vertebra with surrounding pathological signal intensity (arrows), but involvement of only one endplate and no diffuse signal intensity abnormality of the adjacent disc. This patient underwent CT-guided biopsy with spondylodiscitis in the differential diagnosis of the original clinical report, but was excluded from this study