Podcast 633: Pathologic Femur Fractures   

<p><strong>Contributor: Jared Scott, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Pathologic bone fractures occur due to weakened bones from chronic disease and with less force when compared to non-pathologic fractures</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Can be due to bone tumors, bone cysts, infections (osteomyelitis), osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease of bone, and multiple myeloma</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Have moth bitten or lytic appearance and you can sometimes see the periosteum peeling away from the bone</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Angelini A, Trovarelli G, Berizzi A, Pala E, Breda A, Maraldi M, Ruggieri P.</span> <a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30415673/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Treatment of pathologic fractures of the proximal femur.</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Injury. 2018 Nov;49 Suppl 3:S77-S83. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.09.044. PMID: 30415673.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marshall RA, Mandell JC, Weaver MJ, Ferrone M, Sodickson A, Khurana B. I</span><a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30422769/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">maging Features and Management of Stress, Atypical, and Pathologic Fractures</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Radiographics. 2018 Nov-Dec;38(7):2173-2192. doi: 10.1148/rg.2018180073. PMID: 30422769.</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unbreakable </span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Summarized by Jackson Roos, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span