Atraumatic Bilateral Fracture of the Femoral Neck in Young Male Patient with Suspected Osteomalacia
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Atraumatic Bilateral Fracture of the Femoral Neck in Young Male Patient with Suspected Osteomalacia
In this report, we describe the case of a healthy 37-year-old male patient without a history of disease, who developed atraumatic bilateral fracture of the femoral neck. Radiological and blood investigations revealed osteopenia and severe vitamin D deficiency (7.42 ng/mL), respectively, but patient had no apparent risk factors for insufficiency fracture. Bilateral osteosynthesis was obtained us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bone Metabolism
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2287-6375,2287-7029
DOI: 10.11005/jbm.2017.24.3.197