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 the evaluation of 152 atraumatic vertebral compression fractures in 80 patients: 85 malignant, 34 osteoporotic, and 33 infective. Central collapse of the fractured vertebral body was the commonest pattern in malignant ...
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