Sacral and pubic insufficiency fractures due to bisphosphonate treatment

Tacettin Ayanaoğlu; O Şahap Atik; Nil Tokgöz; Murat Uçar

doi:10.5606/ehc.2015.23

Sacral and pubic insufficiency fractures due to bisphosphonate treatment

Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi. 2015;26(2):120-4. doi: 10.5606/ehc.2015.23.

Authors

Tacettin Ayanaoğlu¹, O Şahap Atik, Nil Tokgöz, Murat Uçar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medicine Faculty of Gazi University, 06500 Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 26165717
DOI: 10.5606/ehc.2015.23

Abstract

In this article, we describe a case of sacral and pubic insufficiency fractures related to long-term bisphosphonate therapy. Following termination of bisphosphonate therapy and tailoring a conservative treatment with calcium and vitamin D, the fracture healing was observed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bone Density Conservation Agents / adverse effects*
Diphosphonates / adverse effects*
Female
Fractures, Stress / diagnosis
Fractures, Stress / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pelvic Bones / injuries*
Pelvic Bones / pathology
Sacrum / injuries*
Sacrum / pathology
Spinal Fractures / diagnosis
Spinal Fractures / etiology

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Diphosphonates