title: Treatment of pathological fracture of the femur due to diffuse haemangioma in the lower limb.
abstract: We describe two patients with a diffuse haemangioma of the lower limb complicated by pathological fracture of the femoral shaft, one of whom was treated by a bone graft and immobilisation in a cast, and the other by external fixation and injection of bone marrow. A review of the literature identified difficulty in control of bleeding and obtaining bony union.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eimori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hotta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000379:methods; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography