Pseudopathologic Fracture of Femoral Neck Fracture

Occult femoral neck fracture.

coronal imaging; figure 1C). She was treated with osteosynthesis (figure 1D) to stabilise the femoral neck fracture, which resulted in a good functional outcome at 6-month follow-up. Occult femoral neck fractures are frequently misdiagnosed. Once misdiagnosed, the non-displaced fracture may become displaced. When this occurs, patients may need to be treated with hip arthroplasty, which is more ...

subcapital femoral neck fracture complicating an intertrochanteric fracture

abstract we report a 71 year-old patient with intertrochanteric fracture who had been managed with dhs and her healed fracture complicated by a subcapital femoral neck fracture. a subcapital femoral neck fracture complicating a healed intertrochanteric fracture is rare but catastrophic event. such cases are managed in a hetereogenous manner, i.e. there exists a mixture of cases treated by eithe...

Periprosthetic Femur Fracture Occuring after Contralateral Neglected Femoral Neck Fracture

INTRODUCTION Periprosthetic fractures of the femur are uncommon, but at times may lead to complications especially in elderly patients. As treatment of these fractures is difficult, prevention by identifying the risk factors is the best way to overcome these complex problems. CASE REPORT A periprosthetic right femur fracture associated with a neglected left femoral neck fracture in the contra...

Osteoporosis and Fracture of the Femoral Neck

The close association of fracture of the femoral neck and osteoporosis in the aged has led to the notion that this is, in a sense, a pathological fracture. This is not a new concept. Over 100 years ago Astley Cooper (1824) noted the relationship between old age and fragility of the bones, which “. . . become thin in their shell and spongy in their texture.” More recently epidemiological studies...

Thyrotoxicosis presenting as fracture of femoral neck.