A Subtrochanteric Femoral Stress Fracture following Bisphosphonate Treatment in an Adolescent Girl

Authors

Alison M. Boyce, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Michael T. Collins, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Laura L. Tosi, Division of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
Rachel I. Gafni, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2-1-2017

Journal

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volume

87

Issue

1

DOI

10.1159/000447425

Keywords

Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures; Bisphosphonates

Abstract

© 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel. Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures (AFFs) have emerged as a potential complication of bisphosphonate treatment in adults. Despite increasing off-label use of bisphosphonates in children and adolescents for a variety of skeletal disorders, there have been no reports of AFFs in children or adolescents outside of the osteogenesis imperfecta population. We present the case of a 16-year-old girl who developed a subtrochanteric femoral stress fracture following pamidronate treatment for idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.

APA Citation

Boyce, A., Collins, M., Tosi, L., & Gafni, R. (2017). A Subtrochanteric Femoral Stress Fracture following Bisphosphonate Treatment in an Adolescent Girl. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 87 (1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000447425