title: Pathological femur fracture secondary to radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma.
abstract: Bone fracture is a well known possible late complication of radiation treatment. Little has been written about fractures of long bones after irradiation. We present a case of femur bone necrosis secondary to postoperative radiation for a soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh 20 years earlier. Fixation of the diaphyseal fracture and radiological evolution are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology (ICMHO), Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. cconill@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conill
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Combalia-Aleu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palacín
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Planas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maurel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*