Abstracts tagged "bone remodeling and fractures"

Abstract Number: 2812 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Evaluation of Cortical Microarchitecture, Bone Stiffness and Bone Remodeling in Patients with Atypical Femoral Fracture
Mariana O Perez¹, Diogo S Domiciano¹, Luciene M Reis², Vanda Jorgetti² and Rosa M R Pereira¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Nephrology Division, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Atypical femoral fractures (AFF) are low energy femoral fractures and subtrochanteric/diaphyseal localization that have been related to long-term bisphosphonate therapy. Patients with AFF exhibit…