No previous studies discussed the significance of the MRI pattern of vertebral collapse in differentiation between vertebral compression fractures due to malignancy, osteoporosis and infections. MRI was used in evaluation of 152 atraumatic vertebral compression fractures in 80 patients: 85 metastatic, 34 osteoporotic and 33 infective. Central collapse of the fractured vertebral body was the most common pattern in malignant ... Read more