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Figure 18a. H-shaped vertebral deformity. Lateral (a) and anteroposterior (b) radiographs of the thoracic spine show vertebral endplate depressions. The sharp depression due to bone infarction in the central endplate contrasts with the smooth indentation seen in the presence of bone softening.