title: [Vertebral fractures: radiological diagnosis, differential diagnosis and prognostic implications].
abstract: Vertebral fractures are a relevant problem for the heavy clinical implications and carrying disability. Vertebral fractures can be traumatic or pathologic, the latter can be benign or malignant, both mostly frequent in the elderly. An initial approach to this issue can use plain radiographs, but the correct extension and evaluation must involve CT and MR imaging. In particular MR is a useful tool for the prognostic evaluation of spine marrow injuries and the differential diagnosis of osteoporotic and metastatic fractures.
authors.affiliation: Radiologia DEA, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gualdi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Biasi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polettini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melone
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caprasecca
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications; D011379:Prognosis; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed