Paravertebral soft tissue swelling on magnetic resonance images helps in differentiation between osteoporotic and malignant vertebral fractures

Figure 1 Magnetic resonance images for a 76-year-old woman with an osteoporotic compression fracture that had occurred one month earlier. A: T1-weighted sagittal images showing hypointense soft tissue swelling beneath the anterior longitudinal ligament; B: T2-weighted sagittal images showing hypointense soft tissue swelling beneath the anterior longitudinal ligament; C: Short tau inversion recovery sagittal image showing a hyperintense soft tissue swelling with a fusiform appearance on a view (arrow) that spans multiple vertebral segments; D: T2-weighted axial image showing a soft tissue swelling with a regular rim-shape appearance (arrows).