Axial section through the body of a thoracic vertebra, showing the intra osseous veins draining basivertebral vein in Y’ / ‘V’ shape configuration.
Basivertebral veins are tortuous vascular channels in the vertebral bodies, unite with the longitudinal prevertebral veins anteriorly and the anterior epidural venous plexus posteriorly. These intra osseous veins should not be mistaken for a compression fracture in cases of asymmetry.
