Disturbances of bone and mineral metabolism are a hallmark of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Renal osteodystrophy (ROD) is the traditional term for bone lesions in conjunction with CKD and is now considered a part of the ‘chronic kidney disease—mineral and bone disorder’ (CKD-MBD) [1]. ROD comprises various subtypes with substantial differences in aetiology and fundamental differences in treatme...

Osteopetrosis, or marble bone disease, is a rare skeletal disorder due to a defective function of the osteoclasts. This defect renders bones more susceptible to osteomyelitis due to decreased vascularity. This disorder is inherited as autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive. Healthcare professionals should urge these patients to maintain their oral health as well as general health, as this c...

sensations becoming the cue and precipitant for further anxiety leading to hyperventilation and recurrence of panic attacks. Patients with panic disorders who also have respiratory or cardiac disease (whose symptoms might be the cue for an initial panic attack) and who consequently experience abnormal somatic sensations may repeatedly respond to them with panic. This is also consistent with the...

Osteoporosis means 'Porous bone' is a disease characterized by progressive bone thinning. The deterioration of tissue can lead to fragility and fracture, especially the hip, spine, shoulder wrist. decreasing mineral density (BMD). Bisphosphonates are most commonly prescribed drugs for treatment osteoporosis in US many other countries including India.

background: to investigate the relationship between renal stone formation and osteoporosis. methods: eight hundred thirty healthy subjects aged between 20 and 76 years were randomly selected from 50 clusters to take part in the study. of these, 68 (8.2%) had a previous history of renal stone disease. all participants underwent clinical exami nation and bone mineral densitometry of the lumbar sp...

Background: Osteopetrosisis an inherited and rare bone disease, characterized by the impairment ofbone modeling and remodeling and the failure of osteoclasts to resorb bone. It also results in skeletal fragility despite increased bone mass, and may cause hematopoietic insufficiency, disturbed tooth eruption, nerve entrapment syndromes, and growth impairment. The infantile form of the disease is...

histiocytosis of langerhans cells (class 1 histiocytosis) consists of a range of clinical manifestations, including bone eosinophilic granuloma, hand-schüller-christian syndrome, and letterer-siwe disease. these syndromes represent a spectrum of severity and prognosis of an underlying disorder which is usually sporadic. this report describes three cases in one family, who developed the disease ...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 47-year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of recently developed back pain. Complete blood cell counts cells. Her bone marrow (A) (H&E, ×400) was packed with blasts, which were positive for CD34, CD19, CD20, CD10, and TdT. The diagnosis of precurso...