Fig. (1) A 76-year-old female patient, who was under systemic steroid treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, was presented with refractory back pain. Anteroposterior (A) conventional radiograph shows a barely visible horizontal linear IVC in L2 vertebra, which is more apparent on lateral (B) projection (arrows). The L2 vertebra is wedge-shaped, while the IVC appears typically at the anterior third of the vertebral body (B).