Figure 2. 65-year-old man with malignant vertebral body compression fracture due to metastasis from pulmonary carcinoma. (a) Sagittal T₁ weighted spin echo MR image (TR=500 ms, TE=8 ms) showing L2 vertebral body signal hypointensity with respect to the normal bone marrow. (b)Sagittal fast STIR MR image (TR=3220 ms, TE=65 ms, TI=150 ms, echo train length=8) showing L2 vertebral body signal hyperintensity with respect to the normal bone marrow. Mild vertebral retropulsion is present.