Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient

Bilateral ulna stress fractures are extremely rare. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have osteopenic bone secondary to a variety of causes. We report a case of bilateral stress fractures of the ulna in an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and literature on this condition is reviewed. Prom...

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Autores principales: Venkatachalam, Santosh, Dixon, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21597994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-011-0140-4
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description Bilateral ulna stress fractures are extremely rare. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have osteopenic bone secondary to a variety of causes. We report a case of bilateral stress fractures of the ulna in an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and literature on this condition is reviewed. Prompt recognition and activity modification are essential to treat this rare injury. Recovery can take up to 12 weeks.
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spelling pubmed-31028122011-07-14 Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient Venkatachalam, Santosh Dixon, Paul J Orthop Traumatol Case Report Bilateral ulna stress fractures are extremely rare. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have osteopenic bone secondary to a variety of causes. We report a case of bilateral stress fractures of the ulna in an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis, and literature on this condition is reviewed. Prompt recognition and activity modification are essential to treat this rare injury. Recovery can take up to 12 weeks. Springer International Publishing 2011-05-20 2011-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3102812/ /pubmed/21597994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10195-011-0140-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title_full Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title_fullStr Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title_short Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
title_sort spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: an unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3102812/
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