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osteomalacia
insufficient mineralization of osteoid
etiology:
- dietary deficiency of vitamin D3, lack of solar irradiation
- deficiency of metabolism of vitamin D
- decreased absorption of vitamin D (malabsorption, gastrectomy)
- diphosphonates (decrease calcium deposition; rx. for Paget's)
findings:
- osteopenia
- bone softening/deformity: hourglass thorax, bowing of long bones
- increased fractures, biconcave vertebral bodies
- mottled skull
- pseudofractures
Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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