Pathologic fracture
BONE FRACTURE CAUSED BY WEAKNESS OF THE BONE STRUCTURE
Fragility fracture; Fragility fractures; Pathological fracture; Insufficiency fracture; Osteoporotic fracture; Pathological bone fracture
A pathologic fracture is a bone fracture caused by weakness of the bone structure that leads to decrease mechanical resistance to normal mechanical loads. This process is most commonly due to osteoporosis, but may also be due to other pathologies such as cancer, infection (such as osteomyelitis), inherited bone disorders, or a bone cyst.