Let’s face it—most mid-shaft femur fractures in 56-year-old women aren’t exactly puzzling. You stabilize, you fix, you rehab. But every once in a while, the bone doesn’t read the textbook.
Such was the case for one unfortunate patient in Japan whose stubborn femoral fracture turned out to be not just complex—but catastrophic. The real culprit? Gorham-Stout disease (GSD)—a vanishing bone disorder so rare, it makes unicorn fractures look common.
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