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

 Aortic Calcification , Case 108

T
scores

Area
(cm2)

BMC
(g)

BMD
(g/cm2)

2.6

12.65

15.38

1.216

3.7

12.90

18.45

1.430

0.7

13.95

16.14

1.157

1.2

14.83

18.45

1.244

 

 

 

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All vertebrae are excluded for focal structural anomalies. The DXA image suggests a calcified abdominal aorta. The patient’s medical history confirmed a history of abdominal aneurysm that was surgically replaced with a mesh graft.     

 

 

 
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