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Hip Pain associated with High Risk of Metastasis in Elderly Population
ISSN: 2687 - 5365Publisher: author   
Hip Pain associated with High Risk of Metastasis in Elderly Population
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Publisher: International Journal Of Academic Medicine And Pharmacy Ne..
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Abstract
The study aimed to determine the sociodemographic distribution, metastatic foci, and localizations of metastatic cases evaluated at a regional bone and soft tissue tumor center and emphasize the importance of the hip region in the aspect of metastatic bone disease. A total of 356 cases of the metastatic bone disease were detected in the local database which contains 2586 patients who applied to the center due to bone and soft tissue tumor at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine between 2004-2018 (13.76% of all bone and soft tissue tumors cases). These patients were included in the study by determining the age, gender, localization, and primer foci. While the youngest age was seen at 6 years of age, the oldest age of metastatic bone disease was 89 (mean 59.36). There were 205 male patients and 151 female patients. 67 of the 356 metastatic cases were present with pathologic fracture (18.82%). Metastases were observed in the ran...