Incidental vertebral fractures on multidetector CT images of the chest: prevalence and recognition

Quantitative vertebral morphometry based on parametric modeling of vertebral bodies in 3D

“…The existing methods for quantitative measurement of vertebral body deformations in CT images are similar to those developed for radiographic images, as they are performed in 2D from reformatted sagittal CT cross sections [27][28][29] or sagittal CT scout views [22,23]. However, 2D images may not capture the complexity of the 3D anatomical configuration, and the selection of adequate sagittal cross sections may not always be an easy task, especially in the presence of spinal pathologies (e.g., scoliosis).…”

The Radiology of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Redux

“…McKiernan has described the diagnostic uncertainty from a clinical perspective and has clarified the use of terms that might be used in this context (9). Many may occur with few or no symptoms (2) and may only be detected by radiography, perhaps serendipitously, on a chest radiograph (10e12), body computed tomography (CT) (13,14), and so forth. They may occur progressively so that the vertebral configuration and degree of fracturing changes slowly over time, whereas long bone fractures typically represent a single catastrophic event.…”

“…On one hand, Gehlbach and subsequent investigators have found that vertebral fractures are either overlooked when seen incidentally on chest radiographs (10e12) or body CT (13,14) or go unremarked and untreated. A care-gap results (35).…”

Multidetector CT in Quantitative Morphometric Assessment of Post-Menopausal Vertebral Fractures in Black Women of Central Africa

“…Although often detected incidentally by imaging explorations performed for other purposes. Despite the ease of identifying vertebral fractures in computer tomography scanner (CT, TDM or CT scanner), assessment of vertebrae in axial sections only instead of sagittal sections are source of under diagnosis and under reporting of vertebral fractures (Lenchik et al, 2004;Bauer et al, 2006;Muller et al, 2008;Muller et al, 2008;Woo et al, 2008;Williams et al, 2009). The detection is improved by scanner using lateral vieuw or radio mode with limited success or sagital reconstructions (Genant et al, 1996;Muller, 2008;Kim et al, 2012;Oei et al, 2013;Takada et al, 1998;Takada et al, 2013;Alacreu et al, 2017;Glinkowski et al, 2017;Gausden et al, 2017;Lee et al, 2017) and some authors reported newly introduced automated detection and soft-ware assisted systems (Narloch et al, 2016;Burns et al, 2017 to osteoporosis, the scarcity of data available on osteoporosis and practically non-existence and lack of the data on vertebral fracture incidence in these region and countries (IOF study group, 2011).…”

“…They are often asymptomatic, undetected by clinicians and underdiagnosed by radiologists in radiological image (rx) (Grados et al, 2001;Delmas et al, 2005;Woo et al, 2008;Hospers et al, 2009;Delmas et al, 2009). Although often detected incidentally by imaging explorations performed for other purposes.…”