Vertebral fractures

Kristine E. Ensrud; John T. Schousboe

doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1009697

Vertebral fractures

Kristine E. Ensrud, John T. Schousboe

Medicine - Veteran's Administration Medical Center

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Abstract

A 72-year-old woman presents with a 2-month history of increasing pain in her lower back, which has not improved with ibuprofen and is causing difficulty with walking and dressing. On questioning, she reports having lost about 5 cm (2 in.) of height since she was a young woman. On examination, there is mild kyphosis in her lower thoracic spine but no point tenderness. A lateral spine radiograph reveals that the L2 vertebra is biconcave in appearance, a finding that is consistent with a vertebral fracture (Fig. 1). How should this case be managed?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1634-1642
Number of pages	9
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	364
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp1009697
State	Published - Apr 28 2011

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