Serial lateral radiographs of a 69-year-old patient from group 2, with severe low back pain following forward bending.A, Initial radiographs demonstrate mild collapse of the upper endplate.B, One month later, a radiolucent line is seen below the fractured e... Serial lateral radiographs of a 69-year-old patient from group 2, with severe low back pain following forward bending.A, Initial radiographs demonstrate mild collapse of the upper endplate.B, One month later, a radiolucent line is seen below the fractured endplate.C, Five weeks later, the radiolucent line has disappeared following further collapse of the endplate. Yigal Mirovsky et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005;26:1634-1640 ©2005 by American Society of Neuroradiology