Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita (type II)

 

 

The photo on the left shows longitudinal sections of a femur and the spine from a normal mid-gestation fetus.

On the left is a femur from a patient with OI type II. It is short and curved and is the site of multiple fractures.

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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