| Literature DB >> 3363380 |
D Frager1, C Elkin, M Swerdlow, S Bloch.
Abstract
Three patients with benign subacute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are presented. T1 weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images (SE 500/30) showed decreased vertebral signal. Because the results of the MR examination were thought to indicate malignant disease, extensive medical workups, including one biopsy, were pursued in all three patients. Routine (SE 500/30) spin-echo pulse sequences cannot definitively distinguish between benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3363380 DOI: 10.1007/bf00365140
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Skeletal Radiol ISSN: 0364-2348 Impact factor: 2.199