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Table 3 Summary of benign diagnosis related to pathologic fracture

From: Orthopaedic surgeons’ ability to detect pathologic hip fractures: review of 1484 fractures reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register

Fracture secondary to benign lesion

No. of 102

%

Bisphosphonate related

46

45.1

Fibrous dysplasia

8

7.8

Osteogenesis imperfecta

8

7.8

Benign cyst

8

7.8

Drug induced

7

6.7

Simple bone cyst

6

5.9

Osteomalacia

5

4.9

Radiation induced

5

4.9

Osteochondroma

4

3.9

Osteomyelitis

3

2.9

Fibromatosis

1

1.0

Stress fracture

1

1.0