Bilateral atypical femur fractures without bisphosphonate exposure
Szolomayer LK, Ibe IK, Lindskog DM. Bilateral atypical femur fractures without bisphosphonate exposure. Skeletal Radiology 2016, 46: 241-247. PMID: 27900455, DOI: 10.1007/s00256-016-2526-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical femur fracturesSubtrochanteric femur fracturesFemur fracturesCommon radiographic featuresLateral cortical thicknessBisphosphonate exposureBisphosphonate medicationBisphosphonate useProphylactic treatmentRadiographic featuresMedical historyFemoral cortexAtypical featuresCortical thicknessFracture typeContralateral femurSubsequent treatmentTransverse fracturesMedicationsPatientsOnly causeFracturesTreatmentInjuryCortex