Compression fracture, first lumbar vertebra, osteoporosis

CASE

The first lumbar vertebra is compressed, its body has wedge-shaped form with decreased height of the anterior and medial part. The posterior edge is spared. Depicted vertebra have sparse rarefied vertical trajectories and prominent outline, so called pencilling.

Radiology image - Compression fracture, first lumbar vertebra, osteoporosis: Spine and Axial, Bone: X-ray - Plain radiograph

Compression fracture, first lumbar vertebra, osteoporosis

Compression fracture, first lumbar vertebra, osteoporosis: X-ray - Plain radiographCompression fracture, first lumbar vertebra, osteoporosis: X-ray - Plain radiograph
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