AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF FEMORAL-NECK FRACTURE - THE INTRAOSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS

Authors
VANEK J VIELPEAU C BRUN J MANDARD JC
Citation
J. Vanek et al., AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF FEMORAL-NECK FRACTURE - THE INTRAOSSEOUS SARCOIDOSIS, Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur, 79(4), 1993, pp. 317-319
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351040
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
317 - 319
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1040(1993)79:4<317:AUCOFF>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A case of pathological fracture of the femoral neck in a 84 - year old female is presented. he histological examination of the femoral head showed sarcoidosis. This diagnosis was not known before the trauma. Ot her localisations of bone sarcoidosis were found in the tarsus and the fingers after a systematic X-ray check-up.