Pathological fracture of the femoral shaft due to lung cancer metastasis
Diagnosis almost certain
Presentation
Sudden pain in the leg in a patient with known lung cancer and a known osteolytic metastsis in the left femoral shaft.
Patient Data
Age: 90 years
Gender: Male
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Chest x-ray shows left sided carcinogenic infiltration of the known bronchogenic carcinoma in the left hilus.
X-ray of the left femur shows a osteolytic metastasis 3 month prior and the pathological fracture.