ArticleSkeletal radiology2017
Bilateral atypical femur fractures without bisphosphonate exposure.
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- Medical Management of Patients After Atypical Femur Fractures: a Systematic Review and Recommendations From the European Calcified Tissue Society.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020Guideline
- Atypical vertebral body stress fracture in the setting of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.Skeletal radiology · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of an Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture Combined with an Ipsilateral Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fracture Treated with a Long Gamma Intramedullary Nail.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2022Article
- Health-related quality of life outcomes after surgical treatment of atypical femur fractures: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.JBMR plus · 2021Article
- Atypical Femoral Fracture in a Patient without Bisphosphonate or Denosumab Exposure-A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021Article
- Morphological divergence in the curvature of human femoral diaphyses: Tracing the central mass distributions of cross-sections.Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Clinical Features and Outcomes of Bilateral Atypical Femoral Fractures.Case reports in orthopedics · 2020Article
- Morphological profile of atypical femoral fractures: age-related changes to the cross-sectional geometry of the diaphysis.Journal of anatomy · 2019Article
- Atypical femur fracture in a woman with osteogenesis imperfecta and multiple myeloma.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2018Article
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Abstract
Atypical femur fractures have common radiographic features that set them apart from more typical higher-energy subtrochanteric femur fractures. They are noncomminuted, transverse fractures with medial spiking of the femoral cortex and increased lateral cortical thickness. These fractures have been associated in the literature with the use of bisphosphonate medications. This case describes bilateral atypical femur fractures in a patient with a medical history devoid of bisphosphonate use. We present his history, co-morbidities, and subsequent treatment. From this case, we call attention to bisphosphonate use as not the only cause of subtrochanteric femur fractures with atypical features and highlight that some patients may sustain these injuries even bilaterally without use of the medications. In addition, it is important to identify this fracture type and obtain imaging of the contralateral femur to facilitate prophylactic treatment if needed.
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