The role of the radiologist when encountering osteoporosis in women.
OBJECTIVE
This article describes the extent and potentially devastating consequences of osteoporosis in adult women. There is discussion of the importance of radiologists in the correct diagnosis and reporting of probable osteoporotic vertebral fractures on medical imaging studies.


CONCLUSIONS
The Genant semiquantitative method for diagnosing osteoporotic vertebral fractures is presented. The importance of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry reproducibility is also briefly discussed.
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52246, USA. lee-bennett@uiowa.edu
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D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002138:Calibration; D004002:Clodronic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
D004002:Clodronic Acid