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♦ Could it be a pathological fracture?

                                                                                                                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic_fracture

             FIGURE. PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE OF THE HUMERUS CAUSED BY A TUMOUR
             DEPOSIT.

A pathological fracture is one in which the fracture seems out of proportion to the violence of the
injury. This suggests that the bone is weak as a result of osteoporosis or other diseases such as
cancer.
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