A fratura do colo femoral, sem trauma associado, após a consolidação da fratura transtrocantérica é um evento raro. Os autores relatam um caso de fratura transtrocantérica tratada com PFN, que duas semanas após a retirada da síntese, apresentou fratura do colo femoral, que foi tratada com artroplastia parcial.
Femoral neck fracture without associated trauma following consolidation of a transtrochanteric fractureis a rare event. The authors report a case of transtrochanteric fracture that was treated with PFN and which presented fracturing of the femoral neck two weeks after removal of the device. This occurrence was treated with partial arthroplasty.