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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
In order to establish the prevalence of osteomalacia in elderly patients with hip fracture, trans-iliac biopsies were obtained from 49 patients, aged 67-92 years, admitted to Cardiff Royal Infirmary with hip fracture. Undecalcified sections were quantitatively assessed and the diagnosis of osteomalacia was made when there was an increase in mean osteoid seam width (greater than 15 microns) associated with a reduction in calcification fronts (less than 60% of osteoid-covered surfaces). Osteomalacia was present in only one patient; in the remaining patients, osteoid surface extent, volume and mean seam width were within normal limits. Thus osteomalacia, when defined by rigorous histomorphometric criteria, was rare in these elderly subjects with hip fracture.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-0729
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
132-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Low prevalence of osteomalacia in elderly patients with hip fracture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't