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Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a common musculoskeletal disease of the elderly population characterized by decreased bone mineral density and subsequent fractures. Bisphosphonates are a widely accepted drug therapy which act through inhibition of bone resorption and prevent fractures. However, in long-term use, at...

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Autores principales: Erdem, Yusuf, Atbasi, Zafer, Emre, Tuluhan Yunus, Kavadar, Gülis, Demiralp, Bahtiyar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4185202
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author Erdem, Yusuf
Atbasi, Zafer
Emre, Tuluhan Yunus
Kavadar, Gülis
Demiralp, Bahtiyar
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Atbasi, Zafer
Emre, Tuluhan Yunus
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description Osteoporosis is a common musculoskeletal disease of the elderly population characterized by decreased bone mineral density and subsequent fractures. Bisphosphonates are a widely accepted drug therapy which act through inhibition of bone resorption and prevent fractures. However, in long-term use, atypical bisphosphonate induced fractures may occur, particularly involving the lower weight bearing extremity. Atypical ulna fracture associated with long-term bisphosphonate use is rarely reported in current literature. We present a 62-year-old woman with atypical ulna due to long-term alendronate therapy without a history of trauma or fall. Clinicians should be aware of stress fracture in a patient who has complaints of upper extremity pain and history of long-term bisphosphonate therapy.
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spelling pubmed-49953342016-09-04 Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis Erdem, Yusuf Atbasi, Zafer Emre, Tuluhan Yunus Kavadar, Gülis Demiralp, Bahtiyar Case Rep Orthop Case Report Osteoporosis is a common musculoskeletal disease of the elderly population characterized by decreased bone mineral density and subsequent fractures. Bisphosphonates are a widely accepted drug therapy which act through inhibition of bone resorption and prevent fractures. However, in long-term use, atypical bisphosphonate induced fractures may occur, particularly involving the lower weight bearing extremity. Atypical ulna fracture associated with long-term bisphosphonate use is rarely reported in current literature. We present a 62-year-old woman with atypical ulna due to long-term alendronate therapy without a history of trauma or fall. Clinicians should be aware of stress fracture in a patient who has complaints of upper extremity pain and history of long-term bisphosphonate therapy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4995334/ /pubmed/27595031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4185202 Text en Copyright © 2016 Yusuf Erdem et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Erdem, Yusuf
Atbasi, Zafer
Emre, Tuluhan Yunus
Kavadar, Gülis
Demiralp, Bahtiyar
Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title_full Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title_fullStr Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title_short Effect of Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates on Forearm Bone: Atypical Ulna Fractures in Elderly Woman with Osteoporosis
title_sort effect of long-term use of bisphosphonates on forearm bone: atypical ulna fractures in elderly woman with osteoporosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4185202
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