A Clinical Prospective Observational Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Primary Diagnostic Accuracy of Occult Vertebral Fractures in Aged Women with Acute Lower Back Pain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

<div>A 71-year-old woman with osteoporosis (<i>T</i>-score &lt;−2.5 SD) and a history of no falls/injuries. (a) Plain lumbar radiography showed a possible L1 fracture (solid arrow). (b) T1-weighted MRI showed a compression fracture at the caudal adjacent L2 vertebral body (arrowheads) with a high intensity change in the T2-STIR image (c) not at the presumed level (dotted arrow) (c).</div>

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Figure 5: A Clinical Prospective Observational Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Primary Diagnostic Accuracy of Occult Vertebral Fractures in Aged Women with Acute Lower Back Pain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

Figure 5 | A Clinical Prospective Observational Cohort Study on the Prevalence and Primary Diagnostic Accuracy of Occult Vertebral Fractures in Aged Women with Acute Lower Back Pain Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging 