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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Management of Vertebral Compression Fractures: 2022 Update. J Am Coll Radiol 2023 May;20(5S):S102-S124

Date

05/27/2023

Pubmed ID

37236738

DOI

10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.015

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85160047059 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) can have a variety of etiologies, including trauma, osteoporosis, or neoplastic infiltration. Osteoporosis related fractures are the most common cause of VCFs and have a high prevalence among all postmenopausal women with increasing incidence in similarly aged men. Trauma is the most common etiology in those >50 years of age. However, many cancers, such as breast, prostate, thyroid, and lung, have a propensity to metastasize to bone, which can lead to malignant VCFs. Indeed, the spine is third most common site of metastases after lung and liver. In addition, primary tumors of bone and lymphoproliferative diseases such as lymphoma and multiple myeloma can be the cause of malignant VCFs. Although patient clinical history could help raising suspicion for a particular disorder, the characterization of VCFs is usually referred to diagnostic imaging. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision include an extensive analysis of current medical literature from peer reviewed journals and the application of well-established methodologies (RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE) to rate the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances in which evidence is lacking or equivocal, expert opinion may supplement the available evidence to recommend imaging or treatment.

Author List

Expert Panels on Neurological Imaging, Interventional Radiology, and Musculoskeletal Imaging, Khan MA, Jennings JW, Baker JC, Smolock AR, Shah LM, Pinchot JW, Wessell DE, Kim CY, Lenchik L, Parsons MS, Huhnke G, Shek-Man Lo S, Lu Y, Potter C, Reitman C, Sahgal A, Sharma A, Yalla NM, Beaman FD, Kapoor BS, Burns J

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Bone and Bones
Female
Fractures, Compression
Humans
Male
Osteoporosis
Societies, Medical
Spinal Fractures
United States