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Encyclopedia||Download this dictionary| A compression fracture
is a collapse of a vertebra. It may be due to trauma or due to a
weakening of the vertebra. This weakening is seen in patients
with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from
metastatic or primary tumors, or infection. In healthy patients
it is most often seen in individuals suffering extreme vertical
shocks, such as ejecting from an ejection seat. Seen in lateral
views in plain x-ray films, compression fractures of the spine
characteristically appear as wedge deformities, with greater
loss of height anteriorly than posteriorly and intact pedicles
in the anteroposterior view. |See more at Wikipedia.org...| The
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