Bilateral Insufficiency Fractures in an Oncology Patient Treatment with the CurvaFix IM System - Case Study

CASE PRESENTATION
A 70-year-old female recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer presented with acute new onset of lower back pain. The patient was taking chemotherapy, participating in a drug therapy trial, and had received radiation therapy. There was no history of acute trauma to the pelvic or acetabular region. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral fragility fractures, with the left more prevalent than the right. There was no concern from radiology or oncology review that the fractures were metastatic in nature; rather bilateral insufficiency fractures likely secondary to the chemotherapeutic agents and/or radiation therapy.