Refers to a fracture through a bone that is abnormal due to an underlying focal lesion.
Most commonly occurs in older individuals with metastatic osseous disease who develop a fracture, often in the hip, femoral neck, a weight-bearing region.
Can occur through benign bone lesions.
In children pathological fractures can occur in bone cyst, enchondromas, and regions of fibrous dysplasia.
Fractures occur with a small force resulting in an unexpected fracturing of a bone.
Fragility fracture is a type of pathologic fracture that occurs as result of normal activities, such as a fall from standing height or less.
There are three fracture sites said to be typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur, and Colles fracture of the wrist.
A normal person is able to fall from standing height without breaking any bones, and a fracture therefore suggests weakness of the skeleton.
Refers to a fracture caused by disease that led to weakness of the bone structure.
This process is most commonly due to osteoporosis, but may also be due to other pathologies such as: cancer, infection, inherited bone disorders,or a bone cyst.
The conditions are commonly responsible for pathological fractures are: osteoporosis, osteomalacia, Paget’s disease, osteitis, osteogenesis imperfecta, benign bone tumours and cysts, secondary malignant bone tumours and primary malignant bone tumours.
Fragility fracture refers to a type of pathologic fracture that occurs as result of normal activities, such as a fall from standing height or less.
The three fracture sites typical of fragility fractures: vertebral fractures, fractures of the neck of the femur, and Colles fracture of the wrist.
A normal person should be able to fall from standing height without breaking any bones, and a fracture therefore suggests weakness of the skeleton.
Pathological fractures present as a chalkstick fracture in long bones, and appear as a transverse fractures nearly 90 degrees to the long axis of the bone.
In a pathological compression fracture of a spinal vertebra fractures will commonly collapse the body of vertebra.
A pathologic fracture is diagnostic of osteoporosis irrespective of bone mineral density.