INTRODUCTION Long-term administration of glucocorticoids leads to rapid osteoporosis, and vertebral fractures are one of its most common complications. The methods used in identification are semi-quantitative ones, based on visual assessment, and quantitative ones, which use morphometric criteria. CASE REPORT A 79-year-old woman, who has suffered from polymyalgia rheumatica since July 2012, w...

Introduction Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) affects bone mineral density (BMD) due to chronic inflammation, glucocorticoid treatment and immobilization. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is most widely used to determine BMD. BoneXpert is a new, feasible and reproducible method for automatic determination of cortical BMD on hand radiographs. Moreover radiation exposure is low and in lo...

This systematic review examines and compares the bone mineral changes in children and adolescents, as measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry, reported in exercise intervention studies. The effects of hormonal factors and growth on bone mineral change during puberty are examined, and the possibility of a critical period during which bone is especially adaptable to exercise is discussed.

Key words: bone mineral density; hypercalciuria; panied by decreased osteoblastic surfaces, while others, have reported reduced bone formation, increased bone osteoporosis; renal stone disease; urolithiasis resorption and a severe mineralization defect [4]. In a recent retrospective analysis of bone mineral density by dual X-ray absorptiometry, we compared a

A 16 year old boy presented soon after diagnosis of Crohn's disease with diffuse osteopenia of the lumbar spine with collapse of three vertebral bodies and grossly reduced bone mineral density noted on dual energy x ray absorptiometry scan. Treatment of the underlying Crohn's disease and induction of puberty resulted in marked improvement in bone mineralisation.