This sagittal (from the side) CT reconstruction of the lumbar spine shows an acute compression fracture deformity involving the superior endplate of L2. The sharp margins and history of recent fall suggest that this is acute in nature. The patient is elderly and this represents an insufficiency type fracture as a result of the loss of bone density (osteoporosis) | |
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