title: Gaucher disease with pathological femoral neck fracture.
abstract: Fractures of the femoral neck are rare and usually result from serious and high-energy trauma in the skeleton in young adults. Gaucher's disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disorder that has progressive course and is rarely seen. Research has shown that a pathological femoral neck fracture with GD mostly emerges in childhood. But in adults, there are no reports of pathological femoral neck fractures with GD. We present a unique case of GD with a pathological femoral neck fracture in a 54-year-old woman who did not undergo surgery because of haematological problems including thrombocytopaenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Binnetoglu
authors.forename: Erkam
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Komurcu
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Betul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kizildag
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged