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. 2022 Nov 23;10:922844. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.922844

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Series images of case 1, a 36-month-old boy with L3 vertebra plana. The patient took the plain x-ray (A), CT (B), and MRI (C) in the local hospital 2, 3, and 4 weeks after the symptom of back pain presented, respectively. These series images showed the aggravating damage of the L3 vertebra body. Two months after the initial symptom, the x-ray image (D) showed Grade IIA destruction of the L3 vertebral body. Immediately after the operation, vertebral height was partly restored (E). The calcium sulfate cement was completely absorbed in the 3-month follow-up (F). The vertebral height increased at the 6-month follow-up and osteosclerosis was observed (G). One year after the operation (H), an 89.2% recovery of vertebral height was observed and then the internal fixations were removed. Two years after the first operation (I), the vertebral body was well remodeled.