Hounsfield unit values in patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and thoracolumbar injuries - a single-center retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study compared Hounsfield unit (HU) values on computed tomography (CT) scans at fractured sites and each vertebral level of the whole spine among three groups: individuals with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), young individuals without DISH, and older individuals without DISH.

Methods

A total of 71 patients with thoracolumbar fracture treated at our hospital from 2011 to 2022 were enrolled. Patients were divided into three groups: those with DISH (22 cases), young without DISH (Y non-DISH; age < 50 years, 24 cases), and older without DISH (O-non-DISH; age ≥ 50 years, 25 cases). The total spine HU values from C2 to S1 were measured from CT axial images, as follows: C2-C6, cervical spine; C7-T4, upper thoracic spine; T5-T9, lower thoracic spine; T1

SUBMITTER: Suzuki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797828 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature