A<unk>  fracture is a collapse of a<unk>  It may be due to trauma or due to a weakening of the<unk> (compare with burst fracture). This weakening is seen in patients with osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta, lytic lesions from metastatic or primary tumors, or infection. In healthy patients, it is most often seen in individuals suffering extreme vertical shocks, such as ejecting from an ejection seat. Seen in lateral views in plain x-ray films,<unk>  fractures of the spine characteristically appear as wedge deformities, with greater loss of height anteriorly than posteriorly and intact pedicles in the anteroposterior view.
Vertebral compression fracture
Chance fracture
Spinal fracture
Spondylolisthesis
Retrolisthesis
Occult fracture
Intraarticular fracture
Intracapsular fracture