Stress fracture of the femoral neck in a young adult with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome.


Published online: Mar 27 1992

J Guiral, J M Sanchez, and M A Gonzalez.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Salamanca General Hospital, Spain.

Abstract

A rare case of stress fracture of the femoral neck with Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome occurred in a 20-year-old woman. The healing was achieved by the use of an autogenous ipsilateral fibular graft.

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