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Metabolic Disorders of Bone Flashcards

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What are some metabolic disorders of bone?

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  • Osteoporosis
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Vitamin D toxicity
  • Vitamin C deficiency
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When does the amount of bone in the body peak in life?

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Around 25-35 years

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What are some factors that influence higher bone mass/density peak?

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  • Males have higher peak in mass
  • Ethnicity/genetics
  • Activity
  • Nutrition
  • Hormones
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After 35(ish), there is a decline of bone density for both sexes
Who will decline first?

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Females lose density about 10 years earlier than males

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What is the organic: inorganic ratio of bone in children?
How does this affect the structure and function of bones?

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1:1
Lots of collagen, flexible/springy bones

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What is the organic: inorganic ratio of bone in adults?
How does this affect the structure and function of bones?

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1:4
Bones are hard, but have some give

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What is the organic: inorganic ratio of bone in elderly (65+)?
How does this affect the structure and function of bones?

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1:7
Bones lack collagen, no spring, more fragile

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How does age affect our ability to make collagen?

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Less able to make collagen as we age

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What are some examples of decreased synthesis etiologies that decrease bone density?

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  • Decreased osteoblastic function: organic to inorganic ratio is maintained
  • Decreased ability to make collagen with age, so less organic material to mineralize
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The lack of ___ or ___ will decrease mineralization of osteoid

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Vitamin D or calcium

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What conditions come of a lack of Vitamin D or calcium?

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Osteomalacia, hyperparathyroidism

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What shift in activity of bone cells will cause increased destruction of bone density?

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Balance of osteoclastic to osteoblastic activity

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What is osteoporosis?

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Decreased bone mass with normal quality (normal organic:inorganic ratio) where bones weaken

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What is osteomalacia?

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Vitamin D deficiency
Decreased bone mass with increased organic:inorganic ratio; decreased mineralization of osteoid; bones soften and weaken

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Primary osteoporosis involves a change in what balance?

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Osteoblast:osteoclast balance

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What is type 1 primary osteoporosis?

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Post-menopausal osteoporosis

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How can post-menopause lead to type 1 primary osteoporosis?

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Estrogen drop increases osteoclast activity

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What is type 2 primary osteoporosis?

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Senile osteoporosis: age related loss of osteoblast function

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Besides decreased estrogen post-menopause and age related factors, what are some contributors to primary osteoporosis?

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  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium intake and absorption (calbindin)
  • Exercise
  • Smoking
  • Hypogonadism
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In short, what is the function of estrogen in bone?

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Major hormonal regulator of bone remodeling in both sexes

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How does estrogen affect osteoclasts?

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Blocks RANKL, suppressing osteoclastic activity

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How does estrogen affect osteoblasts?

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Inhibits osteoblast apoptosis and increases osteoblast lifespan

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How does estrogen affect cytokines?

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Decreases the production of bone-resorbing cytokines: IL-1, IL-6, TNF-a, and prostaglandins

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How does hormone replacement therapy (HRT) affect bone for postmenopausal women with primary osteoporosis?

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  • Increased circulating calcitriol (tries to increase calcium)
  • Increased calcium absorption
  • Slows loss of bone, does not contribute to rebuilding
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What is the effect of biphosphonates for primary osteoporosis?

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  • Decrease osteoclastic resorption, does not increase deposition
  • Reduces risk of fracture, especially vertebral
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What hormone plays a similar role to estrogen in bone?

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Androgen

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Besides estrogen, what are some important hormones for bone?

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  • Androgen
  • Parathyroid hormone (PTH)
  • Calcitonin
  • Thyroid hormone
  • Growth hormone
  • Glucocorticoids
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Where does calcitonin come from in the body?

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Thyroid gland

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Where does growth hormone come from in the body?

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Pituitary gland

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Where do glucocorticoids come from in the body?

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Adrenal glands

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How does primary osteoporosis affect ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate)?

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Normal ESR

no inflammation

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What does primary osteoporosis mean for calcium levels?

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Normal serum calcium levels

less calcium in bone, however

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What does primary osteoporosis mean for phosphate levels?

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Normal serum phsophate levels

slow aging process

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How does primary osteoporosis affect alkaline phosphatase?

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Normal alkaline phosphatase levels

slow aging process

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What are some exogenous causes of secondary osteoporosis?

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  • Disuse
  • Endocrine and genetic abnormalities or malabsorption issues
  • Chronic corticosteroids
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
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How can disuse due to casting affect bone?

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Secondary osteoporosis with radiographically visible bone loss in 7-10 days, peaks 2-3 months

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What are some examples of endocrine and genetic abnormalities or malabsorption issues that lead to secondary osteoporosis?

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  • Osteomalacia
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Cushing disease
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How does chronic corticosteroid use, such as with prednisone, lead to secondary osteoporosis?

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Inhibits osteoblastic activity, impairs calcium absorption

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How does multiple myeloma lead to secondary osteoporosis?

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Osteoblast inhibiting hormone released

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40
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What is the most significant clinical implication of osteoporosis?
How prevalent is this?

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Increased fracture risk:
50% of women over 50 will have an osteoporotic fracture
20% of men over 50 will have an osteoporotic fracture

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41
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Which bones are most at risk for osteoporotic fracture?

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  • Hip
  • Spine (compression fractures)
  • Distal radius
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What is the frequency of osteoporotic fracture of the hip in elderly patients?

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250,000-300,000 in the US per year

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With osteoporosis, ___ are dead within a year

44
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With osteoporosis, ___ are in a nursing home within a year

45
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With osteoporosis, ___ have some degree of limitation
Only ___ of elderly with a hip fracture can walk unaided across a room in one year

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50% have limitation
only 15% can walk within a year

46
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What are the fiscal implications of osteoporosis?

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It is costly, more fractures will be more expensive

47
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What is the purpose of radiographs for osteoporosis?

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Primarily, visualizing fractures, but also finding osteopenia
Poor for assessing bone density

48
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What imaging is used to quantify bone density?

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Bone densitometry (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA))

49
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What are the two readings of DEXA (bone densitometry)?

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  • T-score
  • Z-score
50
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What does the T-score of DEXA indicate?

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  • Bone density compared with 18-25 year old of same race and sex
  • Gives risk of fracture
51
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What does the Z-score of DEXA indicate?

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  • Bone density compared with other people of same age, race, and sex
  • Useful for premenopausal evaluation of density
  • Useful for female athlete triad
52
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What is the female athlete triad?

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  • Disordered eating (low energy)
  • Amenorrhea (menstrual dysfunction/absence)
  • Osteoporosis
53
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What T-score readings of DEXA are normal, osteopenia, and osteoporosis?

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+1 to -1 considered normal
-1 to -2.5 osteopenia
-2.5 or less osteoporosis

54
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How do DEXA T-score values influence fracture risk?

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-2 = 4x more likely
-3 = 8x more likely
-4 = 16x more likely
(exponents of 2)

55
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What is Dowager’s Hump?

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Osteoporotic hyperkyphosis leading to multiple compression fractures

56
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Where does a Colles fracture occur?

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Distal radius

57
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What are four treatments for osteoporosis?

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  • Fall prevention
  • Exercise
  • Diet
  • Drug/supplement therapy (HRT, calcitonin, bisphosphonates)
58
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Can a chiropractor treat an osteoporotic patient?

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Yes, can treat osteoporotic patients, but cannot directly treat osteoporosis

59
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What are two categories of vitamin D disorders?

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  • Hypovitaminosis D
  • Hypervitaminosis D
60
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What are two results of hypovitaminosis D?

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  • Osteomalacia
  • Rickets
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What is osteomalacia?
What age group does it usually affect?

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Decreased calcium absorption in the gut, inadequate mineralization of osteoid
Found in adults

62
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What is rickets?
What age group does it usually affect?

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Children/individuals with open growth plates
Inadequate cartilage and bone formation at the growth plate

hypovitaminosis D

63
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What are some ways to acquire vitamin D deficiency?

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  • Inadequate sun
  • Inadequate dietary intake
  • Decreased absorption
64
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What are some ways to inherit vitamin D deficiency?

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  • Vitamin D-dependent rickets type I
  • Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II
65
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How does vitamin D-dependent rickets type I cause deficiency?

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Defective hydroxylation of metabolites in liver or kidney

66
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How does vitamin D-dependent rickets type II cause deficiency?

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End organ insensitivity to vitamin D

67
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What are some etiologies of vitamin D deficiency that aren’t acquired or inherited?

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  • Tumor related osteomalacia (multiple endocrine neoplasia)
  • Chronic renal disease
  • Cirrhosis
  • Anticonvulsant medications
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How does decreased calbindin production affect absorption in the GI?

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Decreased absorption of calcium and phosphate

69
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If plasma levels of calcium decrease, what secretion increases in response?

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PTH secretion increases

70
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Decreased calcitriol (active vitamin D) means less ___ retrieved from bone

71
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In the kidney, ___ is excreted in urine and ___ is mostly retained

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phosphate is excreted in urine and calcium is mostly retained

72
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Long term, vitamin D deficiency will result in ___ in phosphate and ___ in calcium levels

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dramatic decrease in phosphate and modest decrease in calcium levels

73
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What is the net effect of vitamin D deficiency on bone?
Why?

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Decrease in bone mineralization
Excessive osteoid accumulates and is not well mineralized due to low levels of calcium and phosphate

74
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What is the diagnostic profile shared between acquired vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D-dependent rickets type I?

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  • Slightly reduced plasma calcium
  • Greatly reduced plasma phosphate
  • Elevated levels of PTH
  • Increased alkaline phosphatase
75
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What is the treatment for the diagnostic profile of acquired or vitamin D-dependent rickets type I?

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Megadosing vitamin D (Rx grade) or provide end stage metabolites

76
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With osteomalacia, there is a relative ___ in organic and ___ in inorganic bone constituents

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increase in organic and decrease in inorganic

77
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Which vitamin D deficiency has marked, generalized osteopenia due to defective mineralization of bone in adults?

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Osteomalacia

78
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The following describes the clinical manifestations of what disease?

  • No symptoms early
  • Eventually, dull, aching bone pain
  • Lower back, pelvis, hips, legs, ribs pain
  • Pain may be worse at night or weight bearing
  • Muscle weakness
  • Patient adopts a waddling gait due to decreased muscle tone and leg weakness
A

Osteomalacia (a vitamin D deficiency)

79
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What are some radiographic findings of osteomalacia?

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  • Generalized osteopenia
  • Pseudofractures
  • Corticomedullary indistinction
  • Reversible, no/minimal deformity (may be irreversible)
80
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What are four causes of pseudofractures?

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PROF:

  • Pagets
  • Rickets
  • Osteomalacia
  • Fibrous dysplasia
81
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What are the pseudofractures found in osteomalacia?

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Unmineralized osteoid seam

82
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With rickets, there is lack of control over ___

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endplate growth

83
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With rickets, decreased ___ and ___ contribute to lack of control over endplate growth

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decreased cartilage formation and osteoid mineralization

84
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Which disease presents with the following radiographic findings?

  • Generalized osteopenia
  • Widened growth plates
  • Bowing of weight bearing bones, ribs
  • Pseudofractures
  • Discontinuities due to buckling, tearing of bone
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Rickets (a vitamin D deficiency) is

85
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What are the functional effects of rickets on lower extremities?

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  • Hypotonia
  • Waddling gait
86
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Hypervitaminosis D is also known as ___

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vitamin D toxicity

87
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Excessive sensitivity to vitamin D can lead to what disease?

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Sarcoidosis (collections of granulomas)

88
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What are the following clinical manifestations of?

  • Hypercalcemia
  • Increased urinary calcium excretion
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Nephrocalcinosis
  • Metastatic calcifications
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Hypervitaminosis D

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How does calcium affect the nervous system with hypercalcemia?

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Calcium is a nervous system depressant

90
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Given that calcium is a nervous system depressant, what are some symptoms of hypercalcemia?

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  • Dulled mentation
  • Headaches
  • Muscle weakness
  • Hyporeflexia
  • Lethargy
  • Anorexia
  • Constipation
  • Generalized musculoskeletal pain
91
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Hypervitaminosis D will have lab results of increased ___ and decreased ___

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increased serum and urinary calcium levels and decreased PTH

92
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What is a treatment for hypervitaminosis D?

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Stop vitamin D and calcium supplementation and wait

93
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Hypovitaminosis C is also known as ___

94
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Vitamin C is an important cofactor in the hydroxylation of ___ and ___

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prolyl and lysyl residues in collagen

95
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What is the stabilizing helical structure of collagen?

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Hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine

96
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What are the cross-linking tropocollagen fibers that create optimal molecular structure for collagen?

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Hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine

97
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Collagen lacks ___ strength

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tensile strength

98
Q

Historically, who was exceptionally vulnerable to scurvy?

99
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What modern populations would be most at risk for scurvy?

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People prone to malnutrition; babies, children, and older people

100
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The following are clinical manifestations of what disease?

  • Vessel fragility and increased hemorrhage
  • Subperiosteal bleeding
  • Petechial hemorrhages, ecchymoses and purpura after mild trauma
  • Swollen bleeding gums; alveolar resorption and tooth loss
A

Scurvy (hypovitaminosis C)

101
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The following are clinical manifestations of what metabolic disorder of bone?

  • Impaired bone growth
  • Joint and muscle pain
  • Delayed or impaired wound healing
A

Scurvy (hypovitaminosis C)

102
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The following are radiographic findings in what disease?

  • Generalized osteopenia
  • White line of Frankel
  • Wimberger’s ring
A

Scurvy (hypovitaminosis C)

103
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The following are radiographic findings in what disease?

  • Pelkin’s spurs
  • Trummerfeld zone
  • Subperiosteal hemorrhage
A

Scurvy (hypovitaminosis C)

104
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What is the effect of estrogen on osteoclast activity?

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Inhibits osteoclast activity during bone remodeling

blocks RANKL

105
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Hypervitaminosis D is primarily a result of ___

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over supplementation

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