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Bilateral Asynchronous Humeral Shaft Fractures in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis Type II (Albers-Schonberg Disease)

Jeerathanyasakun Y , P

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Jeerathanyasakun Y, P. Bilateral Asynchronous Humeral Shaft Fractures in a Patient with Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis Type II (Albers-Schonberg Disease). J Med Assoc Thai 2003;86:667.

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.
Key word : Osteopetrosis, Albers-Schonberg Disease, Humeral Shaft Fracture

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