title: Inflammatory bowel disease, high-dose steroids, osteoporosis, or an oncological etiology for a pathological femoral neck fracture in a young adult: a case report.
abstract: Femoral neck fractures occur in approximately 6,000 of young adults annually (ages 18-49) (1). Of these, a high-energy traumatic event is the typical cause. Although medications and chronic diseases have been implicated as confounding causes of hip fractures, clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for an oncologic etiology of hip fractures occurring in young patients without an inciting traumatic event.
  
  
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  A case report and literature search in the English language.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, 27100 Chardon Road, Richmond Heights OH 44143, USA.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raudenbush
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, 27100 Chardon Road, Richmond Heights OH 44143, USA.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, 27100 Chardon Road, Richmond Heights OH 44143, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simela
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, 27100 Chardon Road, Richmond Heights OH 44143, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Retino
keywords: Crohn’s disease; Femoral neck fracture; adenocarcinoma; inflammatory bowel disease; metastatic disease; osteoporosis; treatment.; young adult