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Ortho diagnosis distal femur stress fracture no known cause would you recommend searching for cause given unique location? how to find cause?

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Rule out osteoporosi: I recommend you see your family doctor to rule out early causes of osteoporosis by appropriate testing. May need an endocrine consult and should rule out hypophosphatasia if labs point towards that with a chronically low alkaline phosphatase level. Parathyroid tests will need to be run. Best wishes.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/10/2017

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