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Paediatric bilateral femoral neck fractures in osteopetrosis treated conservatively.

BMJ case reports - 13 Dec 2020

Kumar Saurabh, Dhammi Ish Kumar, Shahi Pratyush, Zafar Ahmer

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The treatment of pathological femoral neck fracture in children due to osteopetrosis is not clear as only a few cases have been reported to date. We encountered a 7-year-old osteopetrotic girl with asynchronous bilateral femoral neck fractures. Radiographical assessment showed markedly dense bones with loss of corticomedullary differentiation, sandwich vertebrae and increased density of the ribs. Her mother had a...

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PMID: 33318240
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236891
PMCID: PMC7737079

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