Pathological femur fracture secondary to radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 537-539

  Conill, C ^a   Tomas X ^b   Combalia Aleu, A ^b   Palacin A ^b   Planas, I ^a   Maurel, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Late effects; Osteoradionecrosis; Pathological fracture; Radiation therapy; Soft tissue sarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALLUS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAPHYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MERALGIA; MUSCLE RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; AGED; FEMUR; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA;

EID: 38449087198     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-007-0098-0     Document Type: Article

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