Pubic post-fracture osteolysis simulating a malignancy.
The authors report one case of pubic post-fracture osteolysis, an uncommon and as yet not well understood pathology. It corresponds to an unusual healing of an insufficiency fracture in osteoporotic patients. Its pathogenesis is unclear, but the biomechanical theory seems to be the most convincing.
Ghezail
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Department of Physical Medicine, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
Leroux
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Chertok
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Blotman
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000150:complications; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed