Recurrent femur neck fracture and response to bisphosphonates in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia.

Fibrous dysplasia is an uncommon metabolic bone disease. Medical management is often not rewarding. Index patient, a 15-year-old girl with history of recurrent fractures on trivial trauma was treated with pamidronate. She showed good outcome with symptomatic improvement and no new fractures over 3 year duration of follow up.