title: [Can normal peripheral bone density measurements in osteoporotic spinal fractures be diagnostically significant?].
abstract: In secondary osteoporosis, amazing etiologies can be found: We report on two cases of nonsecretory myeloma, which had been diagnosed by investigations for osteoporosis. In this connection the diagnostic value of bone-density evaluation by densitometry and high-resolution tomography is discussed and illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Zürich.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfister
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Kissling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grünwald
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: Können normale periphere Knochendichtemessungen bei osteoporotischen Frakturen an der Wirbelsäule diagnostisch bedeutsam sein?