Review of the Imaging Features of Benign Osteoporotic and Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures.

Review of the Imaging Features of Benign Osteoporotic and Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures.

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Jan 18;:

Authors: Mauch JT, Carr CM, Cloft H, Diehn FE

Abstract
Vertebral compression fractures are very common, especially in the elderly. Benign osteoporotic and malignant vertebral compression fractures have extremely different management and prognostic implications. Although there is an overlap in appearances, characteristic imaging features can aid in the distinction between these 2 types of compression fractures. The aim of this review is to characterize the imaging features of benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures seen with CT, PET, SPECT, and MR imaging.

PMID: 29348133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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