Fig. (2) CT scan of the lumbar spine of the same patient. The intravertebral vacuum cleft phenomenon is identified in the anterior third of the L2 vertebral body on both axial (A) and sagittal (B) CT study of the lumbar spine (large arrows). Minimal retropulsion of bony fragments is observed (small arrow) (B). Note the degenerative disc disease and the coexistent intervertebral disc vacuum phenomena at the levels T11-T12, T12-L1, L1-L2 on the sagittal CT-scan (arrowheads) (B).