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

 Osteoarthritis, Case 104

T
scores

Area
(cm2)

BMC
(g)

BMD
(g/cm2)

-1.8

14.65

11.94

0.815

-2.5

12.17

9.95

0.818

0.3

16.62

18.92

1.138

0.3

17.97

21.25

1.183

 

 

 

Check boxes to exclude

L1

L2

L3

L4

Consensus exclusions

L1

L2

L3

L4
Comments: L3 and L4 are excluded for T-score discrepancies. The decreased height and area of L2 raise concern for compression fracture; subsequent radiographs demonstrate fractures at L2 and T12, osteophytes at L1 and abdominal aortic calcification and degenerative arthritis at L3 and L4.

Lateral

 

 

 

 
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