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Fig. 5A. —Lumbar spine of 21-year-old woman with lower back pain. Sagittal T2-weighted MR image (TR/TE, 3000/90) shows cystic Schmorl's node occupying two thirds of third vertebral body height. Again, there is high signal centrally and surrounding wall of lower signal intensity. Note contact of lesion with superior vertebral surface and degenerative pattern of superior intervertebral disk.