Archives of the AFIP -- RadioGraphics

Figure Legend | Panel A | Panel B

Figure 2: Giant enostosis of the L-2 vertebral body in a 35-year-old woman with low back pain. Panel A Lateral radiograph reveals a sclerotic focus (large arrows) with areas of spiculated thornlike margins (small arrows). Panel B Photomicrograph (original magnification, X150; hematoxylin-eosin stain) shows cortical bone (arrows) with irregular margins (arrowheads).

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