TY - JOUR
T1 - Osteoporosis of pregnancy
T2 - Long-term follow-up of patients and their offspring
AU - Carbone, Laura D.
AU - Palmieri, Genaro M.A.
AU - Graves, Stanley C.
AU - Smull, Katherine
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - Background: The usual course of osteoporosis of pregnancy is complete resolution without recurrence. We report the 10-year follow-up of two patients with osteoporosis of pregnancy and their offspring. Cases: A 30-year-old woman presented with right hip pain at 30 weeks' gestation. Single-photon absorptiometry of the distal radius showed osteopenia, which persisted on 10-year follow-up. A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry performed on the 11-year-old daughter of this pregnancy showed osteopenia. A 26-year-old woman presented with left hip pain at 16 weeks' gestation. Single-photon absorptiometry of the distal radius showed osteopenia, which persisted on 10-year follow-up. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry performed on the 13-year-old daughter of this pregnancy showed osteopenia. Conclusion: Osteoporosis of the hip discovered during pregnancy may not be a transient process and should prompt a search for osteopenia in both mother and offspring.
AB - Background: The usual course of osteoporosis of pregnancy is complete resolution without recurrence. We report the 10-year follow-up of two patients with osteoporosis of pregnancy and their offspring. Cases: A 30-year-old woman presented with right hip pain at 30 weeks' gestation. Single-photon absorptiometry of the distal radius showed osteopenia, which persisted on 10-year follow-up. A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry performed on the 11-year-old daughter of this pregnancy showed osteopenia. A 26-year-old woman presented with left hip pain at 16 weeks' gestation. Single-photon absorptiometry of the distal radius showed osteopenia, which persisted on 10-year follow-up. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry performed on the 13-year-old daughter of this pregnancy showed osteopenia. Conclusion: Osteoporosis of the hip discovered during pregnancy may not be a transient process and should prompt a search for osteopenia in both mother and offspring.
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U2 - 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00226-H
DO - 10.1016/0029-7844(95)00226-H
M3 - Article
C2 - 7675406
AN - SCOPUS:0029095157
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 86
SP - 664
EP - 666
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 4 PART 2
ER -