title: [Insufficiency fractures of the sacrum. 5 cases].
abstract: Five cases of insufficiency fracture of the sacrum in women aged over 60 are reported. The elements of diagnosis and causative factors are reviewed. In all cases the diagnosis was confirmed by technetium bone scintigraphy and computerized tomography of the sacrum. Bone tissue evaluation in search of a bone-wasting disease, the principal cause of this type of fracture, was conducted in all 5 patients, using photon absorptiometry and/or double energy computerized tomography and histomorphometry. These examinations provided detailed information on disorders of mineralization in the genesis of these insufficiency fractures.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie, CHU, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Payet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herisson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pansard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013667:Technetium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium
vernacular_title: Fractures de contrainte du sacrum. Cinq observations.