Pathologic Fracture Differential Diagnosis Wheeless

Description: - fractures which occur from low energy injuries which occur through an area of bone weakness with a pre-existing abnormality;
- injured area demonstrates distorted architecture and distorted bone density;
- Diff Dx:
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Fibrous Histiocytoma
- Gaucher's Disease
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
- Metastatic Tumors to Bone (most common)
- Metastatic Breast Cancer:
- Multiple Myeloma
- Nonossifying fibroma
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Osteomalacia
- Osteomyelitis:
- Osteoporosis
- Osteopetrosis
- Pagets Disease
- Renal Osteodystrophy
- Simple Bone Cyst / Unicameral
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics (has links to all the above topics)