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Table 3 Lesion location

From: Internal validation of modified Mirels’ scoring system for pathologic femur fractures

Lesion location

Femur count – no fracture

N (%)

Femur count—fractured

N (%)

Head/neck

8 (17.0)

0 (0)

Intertrochanteric

22 (46.8)

2 (28.6)

Subtrochanteric

3 (6.3)

3 (42.9)

Diaphyseal

12 (25.3)

2 (28.6)

Diffuse

2 (4.2)

0 (0)

  1. Legend: Femur case distribution based on lesion location. For instances where there were multiple lesions in a femur, the more distal lesion is listed here. Number and percentile (%) of cases