You get vertebral wedging when the front of a vertebra collapses. People with osteoporosis typically have this fracture. From 1 to 1.5 million spinal compression fractures occur annually in the U.S.

Radiographs of the cervical spine were normal. Lumbar spine films demonstrated a stable anterior wedge compression fracture of T12. Chest radiograph showed an elevated right hemi-diaphragm (fig 1).

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