Abstract
A seventy-six year old male sustained a pathologic fracture of the femur. Physical examination revealed a carcinoma of the prostate gland. There was no roentgenologic evidence of union of the fracture after three months of traction. Bilateral orchidectomy was done but no attempt was made to remove the malignancy of the prostate. Subsequent roentgenograms showed solid union of the fracture eleven months after the orchidectomy. There was a concomitant disappearance of obstruction to urination and a great reduction in the size of the prostate as palpated by rectum. Death occurred twenty months after the orchidectomy, probably of a cerebral vascular accident.
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