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Expansive intervertebral disc. (A) Vertebra L3 lower endplate (arrow) developmental variant due to an expansive intervertebral disc (i.e., balloon disc lumbar vertebra, possible diagnostic pitfall: endplate fracture). (B) Vertebra T12 osteoporotic collapse (arrow). Vertebra L3 OVF and possible lower endplate developmental variant (arrow). Reused with permission from (31). OVF, osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
