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case_images: Right neck of femur fracture.
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case_images: A 14-year-old boy with no prior medical history presented in October 2021 with a right femoral neck fracture (Figure 1) after slipping and falling from a standing position.
case_images: Dual energy X-ray images show low bone mineral density over (a) neck of femur, (b) lumber spine, and (c) distal radius.
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case_images: He had severe vitamin D deficiency and significantly reduced bone mineral density (BMD) on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (Figure 2), with low Z-scores at the lumbar spine (-2.2) and left hip (-3.9) as shown in Table 2.