Administrative claims databases have large samples and high generalizability. They have been used to evaluate associations of atypical femoral fractures with bisphosphonates. We developed and assessed accuracy of claims-based algorithms with hospital and physician diagnosis codes for these fractures. Medical records and radiology reports of all adults admitted at University of Alabama at Birmin...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous pathological fractures of the cervical spine due to tuberculosis are rare. But with escalating incidences of atypical presentations of tubercular disease, clinicians should exercise a high index of suspicion for early diagnosis of such cases. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 50-year-old Hindu man from northern India, who complained of pain and stiffness in his...

BACKGROUND Monteggia fracture-dislocation is rare in children. Various reports attest to its rarity, while recording the many variant of this injury. It is, therefore, easy to miss the diagnosis in the absence of proper clinical examination and radiographs. CASE REPORT This report highlights two rare variants of Monteggia fracture-dislocation seen in children. The first case was a 12-year old...

+Donnelly, E; Meredith, DS; Gladnick, BP; Rebolledo BJ; Lane JM; Boskey, AL +Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY [email protected] INTRODUCTION Bisphosphonate therapy reduces fracture incidence in osteoporotic patients, and the safety and efficacy of alendronate is generally preserved with treatment durations as long as 10 years [1]. Although no significant association between bisphosphona...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI 10.3109/17453674.2013.859423 Stress fractures of the femoral shaft or subtrochanteric region (atypical femoral fractures) are clearly associated with bisphosphonat...

There have been recent concerns of atypical non-spinal fractures in patients with osteoporosis who are on long-term bisphosphonate therapy. These fractures are less commonly reported in cancer patients on zoledronic acid therapy, where it is used in higher doses as compared to patients with osteoporosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old man with non-metastatic prostate cancer who was on andr...

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) DOI 10.1080/17453674.2016.1277412 Patient 1 A 75-year-old woman with a history of metastatic breast and non-small-cell lung cancer ...