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. 2019 Dec;11(12):5708-5711.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.50.

On the possibility of over-diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fracture at mid-thoracic level

Yì Xiáng J Wáng  1 , Xiao-Rong Wang  2 , Nazmi Che-Nordin  1 , Fei-Rong Xu  3 , Qiu-Li Huang  2
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On the possibility of over-diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fracture at mid-thoracic level

Yì Xiáng J Wáng et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Dec.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Osteoporotic vertebral deformity (VD) and endplate/cortex fracture (ECF) vertebra-distribution from MrOS (Hong Kong) and MsOS (Hong Kong) baseline studies, involving 1,954 elderly Chinese men (mean: 72.3 years) and 1,953 elderly Chinese women (mean: 72.5 years). Reproduced from (29) with permission.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Percentage distribution of traumatic EPF (n=118 for males, and n=76 for females, mean age: 42.11±9.82) and osteoporotic ECF (1,954 males, mean age: 72.3 years, range, 65–92 years; 1,953 females, mean age: 72.5 years, range, 65–98 years) at each vertebral levels. (A) For male subjects and (B) for female subjects. For traumatic EPF, all T1-L5 were counted; while for osteoporotic ECF, only T4-L4 were counted. The data of osteoporotic ECF were from (31), reproduced with permission. Similar vertebra level distributions are noted for traumatic EPF and osteoporotic ECF. Majority of traumatic EPF and osteoporotic ECF occurred among T11-L4, with only a small prevalence peak at mid-thoracic level, both for males and females.
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