Fig. 1From: Lumbar spine Schmorl's nodes; prevalence in adults with back pain, and their relation to vertebral endplate degenerationA 48-year-old man with 6 months of lower back pain. T2-weighted sagittal magnetic resonance turbo spin echo (a, b) (echo time = 100 ms, repetition time = 2363 ms) showing SN in the lower end plate of L3 vertebra in a and in the lower endplate of L2 and upper endplate of L3, associated with score 1 degeneration at L2–L3 disc in b.Back to article page