Osteítis por radiación y fracturas por insuficiencia pélvica en paciente con adenocarcinoma de próstata tratado con radioterapia. Aspectos clínicos y radiográficos de la enfermedad.

Abstract

Radiation osteitis is an anatomopathological term first coined by Ewing in 1926, refers to a radiation-induced inflammatory response in blood vessels, nerve tissue, and bone cells that can lead to fractures of the trabecular and cortical bone. Pelvic insufficiency fracture is a stress fracture over a weakened bone, seen in patients who have certain risk factors such as osteoporosis, connective tissue disease, use of corticosteroids, and especially in patients who have been treated with pelvic radiation therapy for rectal, anal, urogenital, and prostate tumors. We present the case of a 73-year-old patient with fractures due to pelvic failure treated four years before prostate adenocarcinoma with radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Clinical and radiographic diagnostic aspects are discussed.