Discrimination of Metastatic from Acute Osteoporotic Compression Spinal Fractures with MR Imaging1
Jung H, Jee W, McCauley T, Ha K, Choi K. Discrimination of Metastatic from Acute Osteoporotic Compression Spinal Fractures with MR Imaging1 . RadioGraphics 2003, 23: 179-87. PMID: 12533652, DOI: 10.1148/rg.231025043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute osteoporotic compression fracturesOsteoporotic compression fracturesMetastatic compression fracturesCompression fracturesT2-weighted imagesEpidural massVertebral bodyMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findingsBone marrow signal intensityConvex posterior borderNormal bone marrow signal intensityMultiple compression fracturesResonance Imaging FindingsAbnormal signal intensityMarrow signal intensitySignal intensitySpinal metastasesImaging findingsSpinal fracturesParaspinal massPosterior elementsSpin-echo T2-weighted imagesMR Imaging1Posterior borderFast spin-echo T2-weighted images