Atlas of Focal Structral Defects Atlas for Clinical Densitometry Shool of Medicine and Public Health

Osteoarthritis, Case 6

T
scores

Area
(cm2)

BMC
(g)

BMD
(g/cm2)

-3.5

11.1

7.8

0.709

-4.1

12.5

8.9

0.709

-2.6

11.7

10.4

0.887

-1.9

14.4

14.0

0.969

 

 

 

Check boxes to exclude

L1

L2

L3

L4

Consensus exclusions

L1

L2

L3

L4
Comments: T-score discrepancies due to scoliosis associated with facet OA (L3, L4) and a calcified abdominal aorta (L4) prompt vertebral body exclusion. 

AP

Lateral
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