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Pseudopathologic fracture of the femoral neck

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We have seen two cases of traumatic subcapital fractures of the femoral neck which resembled pathologic fractures on plain radiography. We have named this entity “pseudopathologic fracture of the femoral neck” and offer suggestions for why it occurs.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, 22098, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Thomas Lee Pope Jr. M.D. & Theodore E. Keats M.D.

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Richard Goldner M.D.

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Carol B. Stelling M.D.

  4. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

    Mark Logan M.D.

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Pope, T.L., Keats, T.E., Stelling, C.B. et al. Pseudopathologic fracture of the femoral neck. Skeletal Radiol 7, 129–130 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347378

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