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Vertebral Compression Fracture with Bone Marrow Edema

Kang Chen, RT; Yuanjun Wang, RT; Yilin Huang, RT; Xier Zhang, MD; Zhenping Deng, MD; Xi Zhao*, MD
Department of Radiology, Chengdu No. 2 People’s Hospital, Chengdu, P. R. China
*Siemens Healthineers China|2019-07-16
A Dual Energy CT was performed to further evaluate increasing lower back pain of 79-year old male patient

A 79-year-old male patient, complaining of increasing lower back pain while turning over, was presented to the hospital. He had undergone surgery, due to lung cancer without known metastases, and had no history of trauma or injury. A Dual Energy (DE) CT was requested for further evaluation.


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