title: [Multiple exostoses. Review of the literature. Apropos of a case disclosed during an injury].
abstract: The authors report a case of bilateral fracture of the thigh bone that occurred in a 22 year old man with multiple exostosis. Clinical deformities, radiology and histology confirmed the diagnosis. Traumatic fractures were caused by a road accident. The treatment, because of deformities, consisted of an open fire synthesis of the both thigh bones with Küntscher's nails. The post-operative evolution was marked by rapid healing of fractures. The scarcity of this genetic affection and the symmetrical lesions have lead the authors to conduct a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital de Yopougon, 21 BP 632, Abidjan 21, Côte d'Ivoire. bambai@ci.refer.org
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bamba
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sie-Essoh
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kacou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Assi-Djebidje
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lambin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001858:Bone Nails; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography