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: Received: 30 October 2023 / Approved: 1 November 2023 / Online: 1 November 2023 (09:17:09 CET)
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Matalqah, H.; Yaseen, R.; E.Matalkeh, L.; Al-Hajjaj, M.; Matalkeh, M.; Al Taani, B. A Rare Cause of Humeral Fracture: Case Report. Preprints2023, 2023110029. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0029.v1
Matalqah, H.; Yaseen, R.; E.Matalkeh, L.; Al-Hajjaj, M.; Matalkeh, M.; Al Taani, B. A Rare Cause of Humeral Fracture: Case Report. Preprints 2023, 2023110029. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0029.v1
Matalqah, H.; Yaseen, R.; E.Matalkeh, L.; Al-Hajjaj, M.; Matalkeh, M.; Al Taani, B. A Rare Cause of Humeral Fracture: Case Report. Preprints2023, 2023110029. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0029.v1
APA Style
Matalqah, H., Yaseen, R., E.Matalkeh, L., Al-Hajjaj, M., Matalkeh, M., & Al Taani, B. (2023). A Rare Cause of Humeral Fracture: Case Report. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0029.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Matalqah, H., Mohammad Matalkeh and Basil Al Taani. 2023 "A Rare Cause of Humeral Fracture: Case Report" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0029.v1
Abstract
Introduction: Bone fractures may be the result of high force impact or stress, or a minimal trauma injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones, such as osteoporosis, osteopenia, bone cancer, or osteogenesis imperfecta, where the fracture is then properly termed a pathologic fracture. Bone cancer can be primarily or secondary to metastasis. Case presentation: We report a rare case of left humerus fracture in a 59-year-old male patient due to metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Our patient had no important past medical history. He suffered from two months of left arm pain, moderate disability and fever at night. Analgesics consumption resulted in minimal relieve. Trauma history was negative. X-ray of the left arm showed an osteolytic lesion with humerus fracture. Abdominal computed tomography with contrast showed right renal mass.Radical right nephrectomy was performed in addition to alignment nailing of the left humerus fracture with biopsy. Pathology report documented clear cell carcinoma with metastatic bone. The treatment was completed by chemotherapyDiscussion: Secondary bone tumors are metastatic lesions which have spread from other organs, most commonly carcinomas of the breast, lung, and prostate, and rarely from kidney. In some cases, bone metastasis could be the first symptoms of renal cell carcinoma. Conclusion: suspected pathological bone fractures should be investigated completely. It may hide a tumor as a cause.
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