Radiation-induced insufficiency fracture of the femur 18 years after radiation therapy

Advances in oncologic treatment have improved survival rates, allowing late effects of radiotherapy to become more prevalent. Our patient, an 82-year-old woman with a remote history of right thigh basal cell carcinoma treated with resection and radiation therapy 18 years prior, presented with severe...

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Main Authors: Francis G. Celii, BS, Nicholas M. Beckmann, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318304886