metabolic bone disease
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metabolic bone disease
Any defect in bone absorption or deposition that alters the PTH/calcium-phosphate/vitamin D axis, often with increased bone fragility.Aetiology
• Acquired—Fibrous dysplasia, Langerhans cell histiocytosis/histiocytosis X, acromegaly, corticosteroid therapy, heparin, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, rickets, immobilisation syndrome, bone metastases, metabolic disease.
• Congenital—Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, homocystinuria, hypophosphatasia, Marfan syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteoporosis, Paget’s disease of bone (osteitis deformans).
Diagnostic workup
Measure Ca2+, PO4–, PTH, other hormones, bone biopsy, tetracycline test.
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metabolic bone disease
Any defect in bone absorption or deposition that alters the PTH/calcium-phosphate/vitamin D axis, often with ↑ bone fragility Etiology Fibrous dysplasia, Langerhans' cell histiocytosis/histiocytosis X, acromegaly, corticosteroid therapy, heparin, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, rickets, immobilization syndrome, bone metastases, metabolic disease, congenital–Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, homocystinuria, hypophosphatasia, Marfan syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone–osteitis deformans Diagnostic workup Measure Ca2+, PO4–, PTH, other hormones, bone biopsy, tetracycline testMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.