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Sung, Chung, Won, Kim, Chung, Hwang, Yum, and Ahn: Subtrochanteric Fracture in Osteopetrosis
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 2000; 13(3): 440-444.

Published online: 23 June 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.2000.13.3.440

Subtrochanteric Fracture in Osteopetrosis

Yerl Bo Sung, Kook Jin Chung, Sung Wook Won, Jin Ho Kim, Hyung Jin Chung, Jae Kwang Hwang, Jae Kwang Yum, Jong Guk Ahn

Derpartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Sang-Gye Paik Hospital Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

Osteopetrosis is a rare inheritable skeletal disorder caused by a defective remodeling mechanism. The resultant bone of these children is dense, brittle and susceptible to fracture. We report a case of the subtrochanteric fracutre in osteopetrosis.

Keywords: Femur, Subtrochanteric, Fracture, Osteopetrosis

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