Pathological fractures in patients who have amyloidosis associated with

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dialysis. A report of five cases. Campistol-JM; Sole-M; Munoz-Gomez-J; Riba-J; Ramon-R; Revert-L Department of Nephrology, University of Barcelona, Spain. J-Bone-Joint-Surg-Am. 1990 Apr; 72(4): 568-74 We are reporting the cases of five patients in whom a pathological fracture of the femoral neck developed secondary to massive deposition of amyloid while they were receiving maintenance hemodialysis. The immunohistochemical studies demonstrated the presence of beta-2-microglobulin as the major constituent protein of the amyloid deposits.