OBJECTIVE: To discuss what has been described so far in the literature regarding the time of consolidation of fractures in Pycnodysostosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirteen new cases were studied, as a matter of the availability of medical records and radiographic examinations, totaling 44 patients in the period from November 1970 to August 2004 in the Hospital Ortopédico de Goiânia. Field research and simultaneous clinical monitoring for new fractures in two patients, and the retrospective evaluation of medical records were made on the basis of determining the total number of fractures for each patient to determine which of these were viable for this study. The group of patients is composed of three women and two men aged 51.4 years. The tibia was the bone most affected, followed by the femur. Fractures the follow-up for which had been done in another facility were excluded. RESULTS: Of the 12 fractures fully considered for the study, nine occurred in femurs (six in the femur E and three in the femur D; one in the tibia (D); one in the clavicle (D); and one in the ulna (E)). Among the 12 fractures, eight developed pseudoarthrosis at an average of 29.25 months, three consolidated well in an average of 5.83 months, and one patient progressed with delayed consolidation in just 2 months. CONCLUSION: In combination with genetic and micromorphological studies, we await further studies to reconfirm the diagnosis of such a rare clinical entity.
Pseudarthrosis; Bone Diseases; Fractures; Fracture Healing
