Osteomalacia

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• Synonyms

  • Osteopenia

• Causes

  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Hypophosphataemia
  • Malabsorption state
  • Wilson's disease
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Fanconi syndrome
  • Proximal renal tubule acidosis
  • Primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Gastrectomy
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Heparin
  • Phenytoin
  • Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia

• Effects

  • Recurrent fractures
  • Pathological fracture
  • Hip fracture
  • Vertebral compression fracture
  • Waddling gait
  • Myopathy
  • Looser's zone
  • Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
  • High alkaline phosphatase
  • Secondary hyperparathyroidism

• Parents

  • Rheumatological pathology
  • Metabolic bone disease

• Description

  • "Defective bone mineralization due to lack of phosphorus and calcium"