Bilateral fracture of the sacrum associated with pregnancy: a case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Fractures, Stress
- Pregnancy Complications
- Sacrum