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  2. Vertebral compression fracture - Wikipedia

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    A compression fracture is a collapse of a vertebra.It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the vertebra (compare with burst fracture).This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors, [1] or infection. [2]

  3. Spinal cord compression - Wikipedia

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    Spinal cord compression is a form of myelopathy in which the spinal cord is compressed. Causes can be bone fragments from a vertebral fracture, a tumor , abscess , ruptured intervertebral disc or other lesion.

  4. Spinal fracture - Wikipedia

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    Burst fracture – in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load; Compression fracture – a collapse of a vertebra, often resulting in the form of a wedge-shape due to larger compression anteriorly; Chance fracturecompression injury to the anterior portion of a vertebral body with concomitant distraction injury to posterior ...

  5. Flexion teardrop fracture - Wikipedia

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    A flexion teardrop fracture is a fracture of the anteroinferior aspect of a cervical vertebral body due to flexion of the spine along with vertical axial compression. [1] The fracture continues sagittally through the vertebral body, and is associated with deformity of the body and subluxation or dislocation of the facet joints at the injured level. [2]

  6. 65 Unsettling Medical Facts That Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

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    Image credits: Ludwig_Vista2 #7 ... If you want nightmare fuel: sometimes your spine can spontaneously break under its own weight. This is called a compression fracture. Image credits: ...

  7. Osteoporosis - Wikipedia

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    The most common osteoporotic fractures are of the wrist, spine, shoulder and hip. The symptoms of a vertebral collapse ("compression fracture") are sudden back pain, often with radicular pain (shooting pain due to nerve root compression) and rarely with spinal cord compression or cauda equina syndrome. Multiple vertebral fractures lead to a ...

  8. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    Clay-shoveler fracturefracture through the spinous process of a vertebra occurring at any of the lower cervical or upper thoracic vertebrae; Burst fracture – in which a vertebra breaks from a high-energy axial load; Compression fracture – a collapse of a vertebra, often in the form of wedge fractures due to larger compression ...

  9. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    Osteoporosis can lead to spinal compression fractures, which are small breaks in the vertebrae of your spine, Catic explains. "In a lot of cases, people don't even realize this happens," she says.