Yonsei Med J.  1988 Sep;29(3):286-294. 10.3349/ymj.1988.29.3.286.

Pregnancy-Acosiated Osteoporosis

• Chung HC
• Lim SK
• Lee MK
• Lee MH
• Huh KB

• KMID: 1729560
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1988.29.3.286

Abstract

A case of pregnancy associated osteoporosis in a 26 year old woman with backache and vertebral com-pression fracture is presented. The radioactive 45-Ca uptake test showed a disturbance in intestinal calcium absorption. The bone densitometry measured by dual photon absorptiometry revealed severe osteoporosis the entire lumbar spine. After months without therapy, bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and femur were increased markedly and spontaneously.

Keyword

Idiopathic osteoporosis; pregnancy; calciotropic hormones

MeSH Terms

Adult
Back Pain/etiology
Calcium/pharmacokinetics
Case Report
Female
Fractures, Spontaneous/etiology
Human
Osteoporosis/*diagnosis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications/*diagnosis
Spinal Injuries/etiology