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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Fig. 1 | Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

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From: Update on the utility of trabecular bone score (TBS) in clinical practice for the management of osteoporosis: a systematic review by the Egyptian Academy of Bone and Muscle Health

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TBS can help in diagnosing osteoporosis when the clinical suspicion is high but not confirmed by the BMD. A shows 67-year-old woman with normal BMD and TBS, whereas (B) shows 71‐year‐old woman DXA scan showing multiple compression fracture of the lumbar vertebrae and T score of − 1.3, while the TBS of the lumbar vertebrae was 1.054 denoting marked deteriorated bone microarchitecture

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