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If newly diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis of spine
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 9 9:04pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
@daisy17 Thank you so much for this info. I so appreciate it. So much to learn and digest. The research I've seen says that compression fractures do make the bones appear denser on DXA - perhaps there have been advances in the machines to account for fractures. I hope so. I'd love to pick the brains of a couple radiologists . . .
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@karyn23 Well, that sounds interesting so I did another search on-line. AI Assist says this: "Compression fractures can make bones appear denser on DXA scans because the collapsed vertebrae may show increased mineral content in the affected area, leading to a misleadingly higher bone density reading. This is why additional imaging, like vertebral fracture assessment (VFA), is often used alongside DXA to accurately assess bone health and fracture risk."
I also found this article which is extremely interesting, titled "Correlation Between Bone Density and Lumbar Compression Fractures:: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2333721420914771