Using DEXA to diagnose impending atypical femoral fracture in an asymptomatic patient on long term bisphosphonates: A case report of a missed opportunity for fracture prevention

Key Clinical Message We report a patient who sustained an AFF (Atypical femoral fractures) after 15 years of bisphosphonate treatment. DEXA scans can be utilized to identify early evidence of AFF in asymptomatic patients up to 9 years before the development of an AFF.

書誌詳細

出版年:	Clinical Case Reports
主要な著者:	Ashraf Amin Ariff, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Michael Cuss, Charmaine Riley Nelson, Ahmed Hamed, Anastasios P. Nikolaides
フォーマット:	論文
言語:	英語
出版事項:	Wiley 2024-11-01
主題:	atypical femoral fractures bisphosphonates DEXA osteoporosis
オンライン･アクセス:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9524