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Spontaneous Pseudarthrosis of the Tibia Occurring in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis REPORT OF A CASE IN A MAN, FORTY-ONE YEARS OLD
LEONARD BERK; HENRY J. MANKIN
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From the Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh
1964 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1964; 46:619-624 
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Abstract

A case has been presented of spontaneous pseudarthrosis of the tibia in a white man, forty-one years old, with neurofibromatosis. The patient is far older than any one previously reported with a pseudarthrosis. Onlay and inlay bonegrafting with iliac crest was successful, union occurring after twelve months.

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