Atypical femoral fracture mimicking lumbar radiculopathy in two patients taking bisphosphonate long-term: A case report.

Koki TsuchiyaIchiro OkanoKatsuyuki ShioseYoshifumi KudoChikara HayakawaTakuma KurodaTomoaki ToyoneKatsunori Inagaki

Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2022)

AFF may mimic lumbar radiculopathy. Therefore, clinicians should consider AFF as a differential diagnosis in older patients with lumbar canal stenosis who are undergoing long-term bisphosphonate therapy and present with thigh pain.

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