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Pathological femur fracture secondary to radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma

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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.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology (ICMHO) Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), C/ Villarroel, 170, ES-08036, Barcelona, Spain

    C. Conill & I. Planas

  2. Department of Radiology (CDIC). Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit. Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    X. Tomás

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery (ICAL). Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit. Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    A. Combalia-Aleu

  4. Department of Pathology (CDB). Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit. Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    A. Palacín

  5. Department of Medical Oncology (ICMHO). Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit. Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

    J. Maurel

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Conill, C., Tomás, X., Combalia-Aleu, A. et al. Pathological femur fracture secondary to radiation therapy for soft tissue sarcoma. Clin Transl Oncol 9, 537–539 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-007-0098-0

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