Osteoporotic vertebral fractures - recent and old

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert , 18 Jun 2012
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Ayush Goel, 3 Apr 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was added:

Vertebral fracture should be diagnosed when there is loss of height in the anterior, middle, or posterior dimension of the vertebral body that exceeds 20%.

Osteoporotic spine fractures can be graded based on vertebral height loss, as: 

  • mild: 20-25%
  • moderate: 25-40% 
  • or severe: >40%
  • +<p>Vertebral fracture should be diagnosed when there is loss of height in the anterior, middle, or posterior dimension of the vertebral body that exceeds 20%.</p><p>Osteoporotic spine fractures can be graded based on vertebral height loss, as: </p><ul>
  • +<li>mild: 20-25%</li>
  • +<li>moderate: 25-40% </li>
  • +<li>or severe: &gt;40%</li>
  • +</ul>

Updates to Study Attributes

Images Changes:

Image MRI (T1) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.

Image MRI (T2) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.

Image MRI (STIR) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.

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