Treatment of pathological fracture of the femur due to diffuse haemangioma in the lower limb.
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.
Eimori
K
K
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
Ogose
A
A
Hotta
T
T
Kawashima
H
H
Omori
G
G
Endo
N
N
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