Multiple Spontaneous Fractures in Pregnancy

Abstract

Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis and skeletal metastases due to rectal carcinoma are both unusual causes of spontaneous fractures. We present the case of a pregnant patient diagnosed with stage IIIB rectal carcinoma at 18 weeks of gestation who developed several spontaneous sacral fractures. This case illustrates the need to evaluate the etiology of spontaneous fractures during pregnancy in the setting of a locally advanced cancer, as the diagnosis of pregnancy-associated osteoporosis in late pregnancy and early post-partum should be considered.

J Clin Gynecol Obstet. 2023;12(3):98-101
doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jcgo915