Osteoporotic spinal compression, X-ray

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Coloured lateral X-ray of the thoracic spine of a 78-year-old female patient with major osteopenia (low bone density) and fracture compression of the T8 vertebral body. There is spinal bone compression causing an accentuation of the dorsal kyphosis (rounded upper back posture).

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Photo credit: © ZEPHYR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 70s, 78, body, bone, coloured, compression, dorsal, false-coloured, female, fracture, kyphosis, medullary, osteopenia, osteoporotic, radiography, seventies, spinal, spine, t8, thoracic, vertebral, woman, xray, year