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Bilateral Fracture of the Sacrum Associated with Pregnancy: A Case Report

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We describe a 33-year-old woman with a bilateral fracture of the sacrum associated with pregnancy. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry of the lumbar spine and femoral neck showed normal bone mineral density, whereas bilateral osteopenic areas in the massae laterales were demonstrated by the initial CT-scan. The question remains whether the correct diagnosis is so-called insufficiency fracture due to transient osteoporosis of the sacrum associated with pregnancy or so-called fatigue fracture due to unaccustomed stress related to rapid and excessive weight gain in the last trimester of pregnancy.

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  1. Rheumatologische Abteilung, Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Luzern, , , , , , CH

    L. Schmid & U. Schlumpf

  2. Röntgeninstitut, Kantonsspital Luzern, , , , , , CH

    C. Pfirrmann

  3. Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland, , , , , , CH

    T. Hess

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Received: 5 August 1998 / Accepted: 27 November 1998

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Schmid, L., Pfirrmann, C., Hess, T. et al. Bilateral Fracture of the Sacrum Associated with Pregnancy: A Case Report . Osteoporos Int 10, 91–93 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001980050200

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