PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mauch, J.T.
AU  - Carr, C.M.
AU  - Cloft, H.
AU  - Diehn, F.E.
TI  - Review of the Imaging Features of Benign Osteoporotic and Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A5528
DP  - 2018 Sep 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1584--1592
VI  - 39
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/9/1584.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/9/1584.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2018 Sep 01; 39
AB  - SUMMARY: Vertebral compression fractures are very common, especially in the elderly. Benign osteoporotic and malignant vertebral compression fractures have extremely different management and prognostic implications. Although there is an overlap in appearances, characteristic imaging features can aid in the distinction between these 2 types of compression fractures. The aim of this review is to characterize the imaging features of benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures seen with CT, PET, SPECT, and MR imaging.SIsignal intensitySUVstandard uptake valueVCFvertebral compression fracture