Atraumatic bilateral subtrochanteric fracture in a young female with osteomalacia

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...

Subtrochanteric fractures in osteomalacia.

Delayed fixation of displaced bilateral, atraumatic, femoral neck fractures in a patient with pregnancy related osteomalacia.

We present the case of a woman diagnosed with simultaneous displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures following the birth of her second child. No traumatic event was identified. Diagnosis was delayed as the cause of her pain was thought to be non-skeletal in origin. Radiological and serological investigations were diagnostic of osteomalacia. Surgical fixation of her fractures was further de...

Atraumatic bilateral femur fracture in long-term bisphosphonate use.

Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis are commonly treated with the bisphosphonate class of medications, one of the most frequently prescribed medications in the United States. In the past 4 years, reports have been published implying that long-term bisphosphonate therapy could be linked to atraumatic femoral diaphyseal fractures. This article presents a case of a 67-year-old woman who present...

Bilateral parotid swelling in a young female.

A 17 years female presented with painless progressive swelling of both the parotid regions for last two years. The swelling started first on the left side and within next three months, also appeared on the right side. She also had few episodes of self-limited epistaxis of brief duration during that period. For last few weeks, patient also noticed difficulty in fully opening the mouth and closin...