Twenty Years of Continuous Bisphosphonate Use Leading to Atypical Bilateral Femoral Fractures: A Case Report

Anna Maria Monachino; Massimo Berdini; Valerio Tiburzi; Roberto Procaccini; Antonio Pompilio Gigante

doi:10.12659/AJCR.946435

17 June 2025 : Case report Italy

Twenty Years of Continuous Bisphosphonate Use Leading to Atypical Bilateral Femoral Fractures: A Case Report

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Adverse events of drug therapy, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons

Anna Maria Monachino^{ABDEF 1*}, Massimo Berdini

^{ABDEFG 2}, Valerio Tiburzi

^{E 1,2}, Roberto Procaccini^{AB 2}, Antonio Pompilio Gigante^{A 1}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.946435

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e946435

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Figure 1 Left-hip X-rays taken 2 months before diagnosis of the atypical fracture of the left femur. The image shows no macroscopic alterations.

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Twenty Years of Continuous Bisphosphonate Use Leading to Atypical Bilateral Femoral Fractures: A Case Report

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