Recurrent femur neck fracture and response to bisphosphonates in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

Ashu Rastogi; Sanjay Kumar Bhadada; Anil Bhansali

doi:10.1007/s12098-011-0521-y

Recurrent femur neck fracture and response to bisphosphonates in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

Indian J Pediatr. 2012 May;79(5):667-9. doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0521-y. Epub 2011 Jul 15.

Authors

Ashu Rastogi¹, Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Anil Bhansali

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India.

PMID: 21761121
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0521-y

Abstract

Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon metabolic bone disease. Medical management is often not rewarding. Index patient, a 15-year-old girl with history of recurrent fractures on trivial trauma was treated with pamidronate. She showed good outcome with symptomatic improvement and no new fractures over 3 year duration of follow up.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use*
Diphosphonates / therapeutic use*
Female
Femoral Neck Fractures / etiology*
Femoral Neck Fractures / prevention & control
Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / complications
Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / diagnosis
Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / drug therapy*
Humans
Pamidronate

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Diphosphonates
Pamidronate