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British Journal of Radiology (2005) 78, 261-264
© 2005 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/55389916
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Successful treatment of a chronic post-traumatic 5-year-old osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture by percutaneous vertebroplasty

F G Irani, MBBS, MD 1 J P Morales, MD 1 T Sabharwal, MBBCH, FRCSI, FRCR 1 R Dourado, DCR 1 A Gangi, MD, PhD 1,2 and A Adam, FRCP, FRCS, FRCR 1

1 Department of Radiology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK and 2 University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France



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  		Figure 1. (a) T2 weighted and (b) short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images showing anterior wedge compression of T12 vertebra with minimal increase in signal intensity of the vertebral body.

 


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  		Figure 2. Lateral radiograph showing final placement of needle in the anterior portion of the T12 vertebral body.

 


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  		Figure 3. Lateral radiograph demonstrating adequate filling of the anterior two-thirds vertebral body with cement (PMMA).

 




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