Pelvic Insufficiency Fractures After Whole-Pelvic Irradiation for Uterine Cervical Cancer
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Pelvic insufficiency fractures in patients with pelvic irradiation.
BACKGROUND Insufficiency fractures (IF) occur as a result of normal physiological stress on bones with deficient elastic resistance. Pelvic insufficiency fractures are a complication of osteoporosis due to postmenopausal status, high dose of corticosteroids, or local irradiation. They are important because differential diagnosis includes pelvic bone metastases. Diagnosis is based on both clinic...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.1384