A, The preprocedure axial CT examination showing almost complete absence of the posterior cortex at the L1 level in a 76-year-old man with metastatic hepatoma to the spine.B, The postprocedural CT axial images showed well-bounded deposition of cement in the... A, The preprocedure axial CT examination showing almost complete absence of the posterior cortex at the L1 level in a 76-year-old man with metastatic hepatoma to the spine.B, The postprocedural CT axial images showed well-bounded deposition of cement in the anterior part of the vertebral body with no extension into the compromised posterior aspect. B.A. Georgy, and W. Wong AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007;28:700-705 ©2007 by American Society of Neuroradiology