Figure 2 A 52-year-old male with spinal metastases from lung cancer. (A, B) Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging showed spinal metastases in T6 and T7 vertebral body. Spinal cord was compressed. (C, D) Postoperative x-ray photographs showed nodular high-density bone cement images in vertebral body of T6, T7, and L1, posterior screw fixation in T5 and T8 vertebral body. Vertebral collapse and the adjacent intervertebral space narrowed were not seen.