Bilateral Femoral Neck Stress Fractures in a Patient with Severe Coxa Vara, Morbid Obesity and Osteomalacia: A Case Report

نویسندگان

1 Department of Orthopedics, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

2 Clinical Research Development Unit, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Department of Orthopedics, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

doi
10.5812/soj.84431
چکیده

Femoral neck stress fractures are rare and encompass 5% of all stress fractures among the young people. The bilateral cases are very rare. Coxa vara deformity and morbid obesity are some of the predisposing factors for bilateral stress fractures. The decline of neck-shaft angle will result in an increase and ...