Looser fracture

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• AKA pseudofractures
• AKA Looser's zones
• Considered to be a type of insufficiency fracture.
• Radiolucent areas occurring at right angles to the cortex and extending across a portion of the bone diameter
• Frequently bilateral
• Characteristic sites of involvement are the axillary margins of the scapula, ribs, pubic rami, proximal end of the femur, and ulna.
• Seen with
  • Osteomalacia
  • Chronic renal disease
  • Fibrous dysplasia
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Paget's disease
  • Renal osteodystrophy
  • X linked hypophosphataemia

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