Case 3

73 year old woman with history of lung cancer presents with low back pain.

a. Sagittal screening MRI exam demonstrates a thoracic vertebral fracture typical of osteoporosis rather than metastasis (arrow). The patient was subsequently treated with vertebroplasty.

MRI of Vertebral Compression Fractures


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