Kahler's Disease Revealed by a Fracture of the Humeral Diaphysis

Authors: Dehayni B*, Amarir M, Zaddoug O, El Nouali, Benchakroune M, Zine A, Tanane M and Jaafar A

DOI: 10.23880/jobd-16000181

Volume 3, Issue 3

Abstract

Kahler's disease or multiple myeloma is a malignant hematological pathology, characterized by the malignant proliferation of plasma cells. Reporting a case of a humeral shaft fracture in a non-traumatic context that revealed Kahler's disease during paraclinical investigations. Management involves histological confirmation of the pathology, osteosynthesis of the fracture by static centromedullary nailing, with medical treatment made of biphosphonate combined with a chemotherapy protocol targeting the disease. The management of a pathological fracture is a diagnostic emergency, but never an operating emergency. A diagnosis of certainty must be made before any intervention.

Keywords: Kahler Disease; Pathological Fracture; Humeral Diaphysis; Centromedullary Nail; Chemotherapy

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