A case of postpregnancy spinal osteoporosis.
- Author:
Kwan Hyun LEE
1
;
Yeo Joo KIM
;
Sang Jin KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Medical College, Chunan, Korea. ksj1113@schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis;
Fracture;
PTHrP
- MeSH:
Bone Resorption;
Calcium;
Female;
Fractures, Compression;
Genetic Predisposition to Disease;
Hip;
Humans;
Lactation;
Osteoporosis*;
Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein;
Pregnancy;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2003;65(Suppl 3):S810-S814
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Osteoporosis associated with pregnancy is rare, but it is accompanied by a substantial bone loss, resulting in fracture by minimal trauma. Nevertheless, this clinical significance is often ignored because the pain in various parts of the body is taken as an integral part of the pregnancy and it is possible that milder forms of this condition go unnoticed. Also, this disease is often confused with a variety of other condition associated with pregnancy and misdiagnosed. Although its etiology is still unknown, but variant theory is speculated. Pregnancy and lactation increase the demand on the maternal skeletal calcium restores and underlying genetic susceptibility may cause it. Recently it has been proposed that PTH-related protein may be an important causative factor. There are three types of the pregnancy associated osteoporosis, a transient osteoporosis of the hip in pregnancy, a postpregnancy spinal osteoporosis and a lactation-associated osteoporosis. We present a case of 24-years old women with postpregnancy spinal osteoporosis that showed multiple lumbar compression fracture and biochemical evidence of increased bone resorption.
