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What is Pathologic fracture?
A fracture occurring at a site weakened by preexisting disease, especially neoplasm or necrosis, of the bone.
Questions and answers on "Pathologic fracture"
my mother is 80 years old. she had vertebral compression fracture without fall. a year earlier she had hip fracture after fall. x-ray revealed the...
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Your mother is having marked Osteo artheritis,osteomalcia and osteoporosis giving rise to pathological fracture in vertebrae....
my grandma has been puttin off her osteoporosis meds her cholesterol meds and a colonoscapywhat are the risks of this my grandmother i s 58 years...
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she have to continue the drugs. it will increase the chances of cardiovascular diseases.and the complications of osteoporosis like...
radiologist report of the mri of the right humerus of an 8 yr old boy, done after 2 weeks of fracture: clinical profile- bone cyst with...
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A bone cyst giving rise to pathological fracture and joint effusion in the elbow should be taken seriously and...