Items tagged “osteoporosis”
14 results found
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Vertebral insufficiency fractures in severe osteoporosis
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04 Apr 2012
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Nuclear medicine
CT
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Thoracic hyperkyphosis
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13 Jun 2012
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Osteoporotic vertebral fractures - recent and old
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18 Jun 2012
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MRI
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Codfish vertebra - osteoporosis
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24 Dec 2012
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CT
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Kümmell disease (avascular necrosis of the vertebrae)
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09 Apr 2013
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MRI
Article
Bone mineral density
Bone mineral density (BMD) is defined as the amount of mineral (calcium hydroxyapatite) per unit of bone and can be used as an indirect indicator of bone strength. The bone mineral density is used to determine if osteopenia or osteoporosis are present.
Radiographic features
Bone mineral densit...
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Ghost vertebra
Ghost vertebra is a sign, that is generally used synonymously with bone-within-a-bone vertebra, and as such, the causes form a subset of those causing bone within a bone appearance 2:
Thorotrast administration: bone within a bone appearance due to temporary growth arrest 1
stress line
rickets...
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Osteoporotic vertebral crush fractures
Published
26 Jun 2015
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Spinal compression fracture: acute vs old
Published
29 May 2016
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Diagram
Article
Densitometric vertebral fracture assessment
Densitometric vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) is an image of the lumbar and thoracic spine acquired on dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanners, for the purpose of diagnosing osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
Terminology
The technique is available on DXA scanners under a variety of...
Case
Osteoporosis on DXA and vertebral fractures on VFA
Published
26 Mar 2018
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Spondylolisthesis, spondylolysis and spondylosis, with osteoporosis and bilateral L5 sacralization
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12 Dec 2020
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Prostate metastases (DEXA)
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02 Jun 2022
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CT
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Ankylosing spondylitis (DEXA)
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21 Jun 2022
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