From the case: Vertebral metastasis (colon carcinoma)
From the case:
Vertebral metastasis (colon carcinoma)
CT

Axial bone window
Fig. 2
Magnified transverse bone window reconstruction of Th11. A metastasis destroys the right pedicle and arch, but leaves the spinal canal intact. Hyperattenuation is due to vascularity, this is not an osteoblastic lesion.