Bilateral asynchronous humeral shaft fractures in a patient with autosomal dominant osteopetrosis type II (Albers-Schonberg disease).

Abstract

Osteopetrosis is a rare metabolic disease which presents with fragile osteosclerotic bone. A thirteen-year-old girl with an underlying autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO) type II who sustained a left oblique humeral shaft fracture after trivial trauma is presented. Radiographic results showed many characteristic features of osteopetrosis, including incomplete remodeling of a previous fracture of the contralateral humeral shaft. The authors obtained good healing and alignment of the left humeral shaft fracture by sugar tong slab.

• Authors: Yongyot Jeerathanyasakun, Pisit Sukswai
• Journal: Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet (J Med Assoc Thai) Vol. 86 Suppl 3 Pg. S667-72 (Aug 2003) ISSN: 0125-2208 [Print] Thailand
• PMID: 14700165 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Female
• Genes, Dominant
• Humans
• Humeral Fractures (diagnostic imaging, etiology, therapy)
• Osteopetrosis (complications, genetics)
• Radiography