P-12 Postpartum vertebral compressive fractures in a young female with osteoporosis - A case report
Abstract
Abstract Introduction Osteoporosis is а metabolic disorder characterized by low bone mass and deep changes in bone architecture that lead to an increased vertebral or hip fracture in elderly. Osteoporosis in young population is a very rare condition especially when is associated with compressive fractures. Pregnancy and postpartum-related osteoporosis is condition that occurs in the last trimester of pregnancy оr in the first months of lactation. It is self-limited condition that return to normal after 12-18 months. In rare cases leаds to spinal compressive fractures. Clinical Case We present a 33-year-old female with back pain that occurs after birth during the early lactation period. In consultation with an orthopedic surgeon, an X-ray was made on the thoracolumbar spinal column with a finding of vertebral compressive fractures. A DEXA scan (double energy-X rays of absorptiometry) is also made with the finding of vertebral osteoporosis and hip osteopenia. We calculate BMI and perform blood tests for vitamin D3, calcium, hormones and markers for bone metabolism. This was our patient's first birth, she was thin with height 157 cm, weight 42 kg and calculated BMI-17. Blood test showed very low concentration of vitamin D3- 16 ng/ml (20-44) with normal level of calcium- 1,20 mmol/l (1,10-1,40) and PTH-31,01 pg./ml (15-65). Thyroid, gonadal and adrenal axis was with normal function. We told the patient to stop the lactation and to take a supplementation of vitamin D3 2000 IE,…
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