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

 Metal and Other Artifacts, Case 118

T
scores

Area
(cm2)

BMC
(g)

BMD
(g/cm2)

-2.1

11.89

8.25

0.694

-2.7

13.72

9.97

0.727

0.1

13.72

14.95

1.090

-1.8

16.57

15.21

0.918

 

 

 

Check boxes to exclude

L1

L2

L3

L4

Consensus exclusions

L1

L2

L3

L4
Comments: A bullet overlies the 3rd lumbar vertebra and spuriously elevates bone mass at this site. Degenerative changes affect L2 and L4. Despite an L2 focal structural anomaly, the L1-L2 bone mass is low and is included in the final DXA report, as such information may be clinically important.

 

 

 
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