Conservative surgical management of simple monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the proximal femur in a 19-year-old basketballer: a case report

Conservative surgical management of simple monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the proximal femur in a 19-year-old basketballer: a case report

Abstract Background Fibrous dysplasia is a rare benign, intramedullary, fibro-osseous lesion. It is thought to be a developmental disorder of bone maturation where normal lamellar bone is replaced by irregular trabecular bone ensnared with fibrous dysplastic tissue that is unable to complete maturat...

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Main Authors: David Yung, Kazutaka Kikuta, Tetsuya Sekita, Naofumi Asano, Robert Nakayama, Masaya Nakamura, Morio Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Fibrous dysplasia
Femoral neck
Fibula strut
Autologous bone graft
Implants
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1763-3

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