Atypical femoral fractures bilaterally in a patient receiving bisphosphonate: a case report
| Autor: | Alessandro Moghnie, Veronica Scamacca, Roberto Valentini, Giovanni De Fabrizio |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Moghnie, Alessandro, Scamacca, Veronica, DE FABRIZIO, Giovanni, Valentini, Roberto |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Materials Science (miscellaneous) medicine.medical_treatment atypical femoral fracture Case Report 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Bisphosphonate Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Atypical femoral fracture medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Popis: | Atypical femoral fractures are often associated with prolonged bisphosphonate use. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) has set the diagnosis criteria for atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures by classifying them according to their major and minor criteria. Prolonged bisphosphonate use is correlated with AFF, but the pathogenetic mechanism that causes this kind of fracture has not been defined yet. We describe simultaneous bilaterally femoral fractures in a 76-year-old woman. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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