Long term treatment of recurring pathological fractures due to Mccune Albright Syndrome: Case report and literature review

Yoshvin Sunnassee, Yuhui Shen, Rong Wan, Jianqiang Xu, Weibin Zhang

Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Shanghai, China.
Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Shanghai, China;.

DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.29142                

Abstract

McCune Albright syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which is characterized by café au lait skin pigmentation, precocious puberty and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Treating recurring pathological fractures due to Albright syndrome is a very challenging endeavor, and more so when it is accompanied by poor bone quality and deformity. We hereby present the case of a 23-year-old male patient who is treated several times for recurrent pathological fractures of the femur at our center. We analyze the difficulties associated with treating a patient with poor bone quality over several years, discuss our treatment options, review the literature for similar cases and look at what we could have done differently. We weigh in on the difficulties in treating a severely deformed shepherd’s crook, the ways of achieving proper internal fixation and the dangers of using plating instead of an IM nail as suggested in the literature. Our main goal in reporting this case is to bring forth the unusual challenges encountered when treating patients with Albright syndrome and discussing the options of the orthopedic surgeons when treating these types of patients.

Keywords

McCune Albright Syndrome; Surgical Treatment; Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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