Osteomalacia

Osteomalacia

Definition (Osteomalacia): Increased unclassified osteoid immature skeleton.

Definition (Rickets): If it occurs in immature skeletal then it is called rickets.

Caused:

[A] Vitamin D deficiency:
• Dietary.
• Malabsorption.

[B] Renal disease:
• Glomerular disease.
• Tubular disease.

[C] Hepatic disease:
• Parachimal failure.
• Obstructive jaundice.

Radiological finding of osteomalacia:

1) Decreased bone density.
2) Loser’s zone common site: Scapula, femoral neck & shaft, pubic rami and ribs.
3) Coarsening of the travecula pattern with ill defined travecula.
4) Bone softening.
5) Protrusion of acetabuli.
6) Bowing of long bones concave vertebral bodies.

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