Ghezail M, Leroux J L, Chertok P, Blotman F
Department of Physical Medicine, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1991 Nov-Dec;9(6):635-7.
The authors report one case of pubic post-fracture osteolysis, an uncommon and as yet not well understood pathology. It corresponds to an unusual healing of an insufficiency fracture in osteoporotic patients. Its pathogenesis is unclear, but the biomechanical theory seems to be the most convincing.