Bone Abstracts

: Inadequately treated hypophosphataemic rickets (HR) in 14-year-old boy: a case reportBackground: HR is a rare cause of short stature associated with limb deformities.Objective: To report the clinical, laboratory and radiologic features of HR in a 14-year-old boy.Presenting problem: We present the case of the 14-year-old boy, with short stature and deformities of extremities, who complained for limb pain and...

Background: We present an interesting case of a young child under bisphosphonates, for the treatment of juvenile osteoporosis (IJO), that developed a ‘bone in bone sign’, in several vertebral bodies, evident both on radiographs (CRX) and on magnetic resonance (MR) studies.Presenting problem: A 13-year-old girl was admitted in our hospital complaining with thoracolumbar pain. The patient had been diagnosed with IJO 2 years ago because of.a histo...