Spontaneous Subtrochanteric Femoral Stress Fracture Related to Alendronate : A Case Report
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UNLABELLED Spontaneous atypical fractures of the femur have been reported in patients on long-term antiresorptive bisphosphonate therapy. Here, we report a case of subtrochanteric stress fracture in a seventy-year-old female patient on long-term alendronate therapy, and accompanying management challenges. Potential measures to prevent this complication of antiresorptive treatment for osteoporosis include the following: setting strict criteria for prescribing antiresorptive therapy, limiting the duration of continuous antiresorptive therapy, and increasing the use of bone anabolic agents. KEY WORDS atypical femoral fractures, alendronate, osteoporosis.
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