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Anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) radiographs of the lumbar spine of the patient. The bodies and posterior elements of L2, L5 and S1 vertebrae are sclerotic. There are also areas of patchy sclerosis in other vertebral bodies and in the right iliac bone. This is the typical appearance of skeletal metastases from prostate cancer.