title: Spontaneous bilateral femoral neck fractures in a young adult with chronic renal failure.
abstract: Pathologic femoral neck fracture due to renal osteodystrophy is rare. We report the case of a young adult patient with chronic renal failure who presented with bilateral spontaneous femoral neck fractures due to renal osteodystrophy. The pathophysiology of renal osteodystrophy and the treatment of hip fractures in patients with renal failure is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. hasankarapinar72@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karapinar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ulkü
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed