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Vertebral Body Bruise Resulting in Vertebral Wedging

1Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, Vol. 9 No. 12, 717-718
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-12-14
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Cite this paper:
Ken-ichi Muramatsu, Youichi Yanagawa, Kei Jitsuiki, Hiroki Nagasawa, Kazuhiko Omori. Vertebral Body Bruise Resulting in Vertebral Wedging. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(12):717-718. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-12-14.

Correspondence to: Youichi  Yanagawa, Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University. Email: yyanaga@juntendo.ac.jp

Abstract

The patient was a 77-year-old man whose head and back impacted the ground after falling from a stepladder. On arrival, plain roentgenography and whole body computed tomography failed to depict a responsible spinal lesion. As he could walk, his wound was sutured and he was discharged to home. However, on the following day, he was unable to stand due to severe back pain. Urgent magnetic resonance image (MRI) revealed a high-intensity signal in the 12th thoracic vertebral body without compressive deformity. Follow-up roentgenography at 10 days showed compressive change at the 12th thoracic vertebral body; thus, a corset was applied at the thoracolumbar position. Final lumbar roentgenography at 6 months revealed compression of the thoracic vertebral body. In the present case an elderly patient, who initially showed a bone bruise, showed delayed compressive changes in the thoracic vertebral body. In our super-aging society, further studies are required to investigate the natural history of vertebral body bruises in elderly individuals.

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