Predicting Fracture Risk in Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease of the Femur: A Pictorial Review Using Three Different Techniques

<div>False positive (CTRA+/Fx-) (Case 4, R femur). (a) This is a 68-year-old female with metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma demonstrating an osteolytic lesion in the right femoral diaphysis. (b) Both CTRA and FEA predicted that the patient would fracture; however, she was treated nonoperatively with EBRT and did not fracture over the course of her one-year follow-up.</div>

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Figure 5: Predicting Fracture Risk in Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease of the Femur: A Pictorial Review Using Three Different Techniques 