A recent case report published in the Journal of Medical Case Reports draws attention to a critical but often underappreciated challenge in osteoporosis diagnosis: artifacts in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans that may lead to misinterpretation of bone mineral density (BMD) results.
Titled “Artifacts Affecting Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Bone Mineral Density Measurements: A Case Report and Review of the Literature,” the study was authored by Kevin White, M.D.; Mohamed K. M. Shakir, M.D.; Christopher Nguyen, M.D.; and Thanh D. Hoang, D.O., of the Department of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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