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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
Published on: January 29, 2018
Gall stones detected on lumbar bone densitometry examination
J A Smith1, R P Spencer, D P Szigeti
1Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-2804, USA.
Abstract:
A dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry study, in a 73-yr-old woman, detected gall stones in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. These showed a rim of higher density. The density of the region was 0.550 g/cm2, or 70% of the value found in the L1 vertebra.
