Large tumoral calcinosis and pathological femur fracture in a hemodialysis patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism
Keywords:
Tumoral calcinosis, Pathological fracture, Hemodialysis, Secondary hyperparathyroidismAbstract
Tumoral Calcinosis (TC) is a rare complication of uremic patients on dialysis. Bone erosion or fracture rarely happens in TC patients. TC is easy to be misdiagnosed as a malignant bone tumor by inexperienced orthopedists. We report the clinical, radiological and magnetic resonance imaging findings in a rare case of large TC which caused femur erosion both and fracture in a 49-year-old woman with uremia and secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) on hemodialysis and describe the surgical treatment and pathology results.
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