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Sacral fractures: Report of two cases

November 6, 2009 by admin 

Sacral fractures: Report of two cases
Sacral fractures are relatively rare and can constitute a debilitating condition causing low back pain. The etiology is diverse: sacral insufficiency type fractures in elder osteoporotic people, fatigue fractures in young active individuals, metastasis and consequent irradiation therapy in gynaecological malignancies. We hereby describe 2 cases: (a) a 64-year-old woman suffering osteopenia who is under treatment with calcium tablets. She reported lower back pain and difficulty walking in the absence of trauma. Plain radiographs showed a linear fracture in the alae sacrum, while bone scinthigraphic 99mTc methylene disposphonate showed linear pattern uptake, suggesting osteolitic lesion. She had suffered breast adenocarcinoma 14 years earlier. We decided to perform bone biopsy and the patho…

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