Vertebra plana

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  • Aka: pancake, silver dollar or coin-on-edge vertebra,
  • Definition
    • When a vertebral body has lost almost its entire height anteriorly and posteriorly, representing a very advanced compression fracture.
  • MRI
    • notion image
  • DDx
    • Eosinophilic granuloma
    • Osteomyelitis
    • Neoplasms such as Ewing sarcoma, giant cell tumor, or lymphoma
    • Aneurysmal bone cyst
    • Advanced osteoporosis