Copyright
©2010 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.
World J Radiol. Oct 28, 2010; 2(10): 399-404
Published online Oct 28, 2010. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i10.399
Published online Oct 28, 2010. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i10.399
Incidental vertebral compression fractures in imaging studies: Lessons not learned by radiologists
Tommaso Bartalena, Department of Radiologiy, Poliambulatorio Privato Zappi Bartalena, Imola 40026, Italy
Maria Francesca Rinaldi, Cecilia Modolon, Department of Radiology, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna 40138, Italy
Lucia Braccaioli, Department of Radiology, Ospedale Ceccarini, Riccione 47838, Italy
Nicola Sverzellati, Department of Clinical Sciences, Radiology Section, Universityof Parma, Parma 43100, Italy
Giuseppe Rossi, Department of Angiographic Interventional Radiology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna 40136, Italy
Eugenio Rimondi, Maurizio Busacca, Ugo Albisinni, Department of Radiology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna 40136, Italy
Donald Resnick, Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, VA Medical Center, San Diego 92103, United States
Author contributions: Bartalena T and Rinaldi MF designed the review and wrote the paper; Modolon C, Braccaioli L and Sverzellati N analyzed the data of the literature cited in this paper; Rossi G, Rimondi E and Busacca M helped with bibliographic research and edited the pictures and tables of the paper; Albisinni U and Resnick D reviewed the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Dr. Tommaso Bartalena, Department of Radiologiy, Poliambulatorio Privato Zappi Bartalena, Imola 40026, Italy. t.bartalena@email.it
Telephone: +39-542-42011 Fax: +39-542-010274
Received: July 9, 2010
Revised: August 23, 2010
Accepted: August 30, 2010
Published online: October 28, 2010
Revised: August 23, 2010
Accepted: August 30, 2010
Published online: October 28, 2010
Core Tip