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Osteoporosis

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Screening and Preventive Diagnosis with Radiological Imaging

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

Abstract

Osteoporosis is defined as a progressive systemic skeletal disease characterized by diminishing bone mass and deterioration of the microarchitecture of bone tissue, resulting in a loss of mechanical strength and susceptibility to fracture. Typical fractures associated with osteoporosis (fragility fractures) are found in the spine, hip and wrist. Osteoporosis can be classified as primary or secondary. According to the time of manifestation primary Osteoporosis is termed as juvenile, post-menopausal or senile. A wide spectrum of causes may lead to secondary osteoporosis. The most common conditions include osteoporosis due to drugs (e.g. corticoids, phenytoin) renal or hepatic insufficiency, hyperparathyreoidism, hyperthyroidism, metastases or hematologic bone marrow neoplasia.

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals — Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Andrea Baur-Melnyk MD (Associate Professor of Radiology) & Holger Boehm MD

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals — Grosshadern and Innenstadt Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Maximilian F. Reiser MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gerhard van Kaick MD (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  3. Department of Clinical Radiology University Hospital Mannheim Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Christian Fink MD (Associate Professor Section Chief Cardiothoracic Imaging) & Stefan O. Schoenberg MD (Professor and Chairman) (Associate Professor Section Chief Cardiothoracic Imaging) &  (Professor and Chairman)

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Baur-Melnyk, A., Boehm, H. (2008). Osteoporosis. In: Reiser, M.F., van Kaick, G., Fink, C., Schoenberg, S.O. (eds) Screening and Preventive Diagnosis with Radiological Imaging. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49831-5_13

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