Are intravertebral vacuum phenomena benign lesions?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1341-1348

  Feng, Shang Wen ^a   Chang, Ming Chau ^a,b   Wu, Hung Ta ^a   Yu, Jung Kuang ^a   Wang, Shih Tien ^a   Liu, Chien Lin ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compression fracture; Metastatic tumor; Multiple myeloma; Spinal infection; Vacuum phenomenon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRAVERTEBRAL VACUUM PHENOMENA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; VERTEBRAL BODY COLLAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE; VACUUM;

EID: 83255185733     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1789-3     Document Type: Article

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