History

A 23-year old man presented with multiple recurrent fractures of the long bones with pain, bowing, short stature, and difficulty walking since childhood. He was a university graduate student and was well except for the skeletal abnormalities (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4).

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Anterior-Posterior (AP) radiograph of bilateral tibiae and fibulas

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Lateral radiograph of right tibia

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Fig. 3
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Anterior-Posterior (AP) radiograph of bilateral humeri

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Fig. 4
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Lateral radiograph of lumbar vertebrae

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