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:This deals with ''benign'' vertebral fractures. | :This deals with ''benign'' vertebral fractures. | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Usually elderly with [[osteoporosis]].<ref name=pmid24147259>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sisodia | first1 = GB. | title = Methods of predicting vertebral body fractures of the lumbar spine. | journal = World J Orthop | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 241-247 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.241 | PMID = 24147259 }}</ref> | |||
*Usually elderly with osteoporosis.<ref name=pmid24147259>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sisodia | first1 = GB. | title = Methods of predicting vertebral body fractures of the lumbar spine. | journal = World J Orthop | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 241-247 | month = | year = 2013 | doi = 10.5312/wjo.v4.i4.241 | PMID = 24147259 }}</ref> | *Essentially a [[clinical diagnosis]]. | ||
*The pathologist's job is to exclude [[malignancy]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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*[[Pathologic fracture]]. | *[[Pathologic fracture]]. | ||
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<pre> | |||
L11 VERTEBRA, BIOPSY: | |||
- BENIGN FRAGMENTS OF BONE. | |||
- BENIGN FIBROCONNECTIVE TISSUE. | |||
- BONE MARROW WITH TRILINEAGE HEMATOPOIESIS. | |||
- NO EVIDENCE OF MALIGNANCY. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||