Intravertebral vacuum cleft sign: a cause of vertebral cold defect on bone scan.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 67-year-old female presented with an acute compression fracture with an intravertebral vacuum cleft (IVC) sign of the T12 vertebra. Her bone scan demonstrated a cold defect of the fractured vertebra. Although the IVC sign is related to vertebral osteonecrosis, to the best of our knowledge, a cold defect on a bone scan has not been reported in an acute compression fracture with an IVC sign. In this case review, various imaging findings of osteonecrotic compression fractures are discussed along with a review of the current literature.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Compression
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Osteonecrosis
- Spinal Fractures
- Thoracic Vertebrae
Anatomy
- thoracic spine