Parasymphyseal insufficiency fracture.

Parasymphyseal insufficiency fracture.

Osteoporotic sacral insufficiency fracture

Sacral insufficiency fractures (SIFs) are easily neglected by clinical physicians. The incidence of SIFs remains unclear in patients with symptomatic osteoporotic compression fractures of the lumbar-sacral area. This retrospective study was conducted by reviewing the medical records and radiological reports and by reading magnetic resonance (MR) images from August 2013 to July 2016.We identifie...

Insufficiency fracture after radiation therapy

Insufficiency fracture occurs when normal or physiological stress applied to weakened bone with demineralization and decreased elastic resistance. Recently, many studies reported the development of IF after radiation therapy (RT) in gynecological cancer, prostate cancer, anal cancer and rectal cancer. The RT-induced insufficiency fracture is a common complication during the follow-up using mode...

Bilateral Parasymphyseal Osteoma

Osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor arising from the proliferation of cancellous or compact bone. In the facial bones, both central and peripheral osteomas have been described in the literature. Peripheral type of osteoma is the most common variant in the mandible, which occurs on the cortical bone surface. We present a case of a fourteen year old boy who had swelling on right and left parasym...

Pelvic Insufficiency Fracture in Severe Osteoporosis Patient

PURPOSE To evaluate clinical features and the effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on treatment outcomes of patients with pelvic insufficiency fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen patients diagnosed with pelvic insufficiency fractures were evaluated retrospectively. All patients had osteoporosis with mean lumbar T score of -3.9 (range, -3.1 to -6.4) and the mean age was 76.5 years. In all ...