metaboolic bone disease Flashcards
too much osteoclast
bone wasting diseases
too much osteoblast
sclerosing bone disease
osteoperosis
porous bone
bone wasting disease
a skeletal disorder characterised by compromised bone strength predisposing to an increased risk of fracture
bone wasting disease example
osteoperosis
example sclerosing bone disease
osteopetrosis (stone bone)
sclerosteosis
bone strength
bone density + bone quality
bone density
grams of mineral per volume (BMD, bone mineral density)
bone quality
architecture, turnover, damage
osteoporosis incidence
most common metabolic bone disease
endemic in wester society
a fracture resulting from a fall of standing height or less due to osteoporosis
osteoperotic-related fragility fracture
1 in 2 women and 1 n 3 men will suffer this sort of fracture
usually wrist, vertebrae or hip
mortality of osteoporosis
hip and vertebral fracture mortality
risk of death is greatest immediately after fracture
death is not directly attributed to the fracture but rather other chronic diseases that lead to the fracture
morbidity of osteoporosis
7% of survivors of fracture have some sort of permanent disability
hip fractures most often associated with osteoporosis-disabilities
eg. pressure sores, UTIs etc, 50% unable to independently walk after fracture
pathophysiology of osteoporosis
remodelling - imblanace in processes whch are responsble for acquision and maintenance of bone mass
increase in resorption of bone
type 1 osteoporosis
post menopausal
only effects trabecular bone
forearm and spinal fractures most common
type 2 osteoporosis
age related
cortical and trabecular bone
hip fracture more common
secondary osteoporossis
arises from other causes: usually endocrine diseases (cushings, hypogonadism, hyperparathyroidsm), drugs (anti-retrovirals), glucocorticoids, malabsorbtion, and rheumatological diseases
histology og osteoperosis
trabecular and cortical thinning
increased adiposity in marrow
smaller osteoid seams
normal bone width
clinical features of oosteoporosis
mostly asymptomatic - pain - microfactures - fractures hip, vertebral bodies, radius
clinical diagnoss of osteopoross
serum biochemistry - typically with normal limits alkaline phosphatase (ALP - osteoblast marker) carboxy terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX, bone resorption osteoclast marker) - serum calcium and serum phosphate
if CTX is raised this may indicate
Carboxy terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen
could ndicate secondary osteoporoosis