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Pathological femur fracture secondary to radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma
C Conill1, X Tomás, A Combalia-Aleu
1Department of Radiation Oncology (ICMHO), Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. cconill@clinic.ub.es
Abstract:
Bone fracture is a well known possible late complication of radiation treatment. Little has been written about fractures of long bones after irradiation. We present a case of femur bone necrosis secondary to postoperative radiation for a soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh 20 years earlier. Fixation of the diaphyseal fracture and radiological evolution are described.