title: [Pathologic humeral fractures].
abstract: The various diseases are described which cause pathological fractures of humerus. Dependent on the prognosis and localization of the disease a survey on the surgical methods is presented ranging from curettage to exarticulation. The noninvasive treatment is left to osteogenesis imperfecta tarda.
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Pathologische Humerusfrakturen.