Bone Abstracts

Fibrous dysplasia of bone (FD) is a rare inherited but sporadic bone disease that can be responsible for bone pain, fracture and bone deformity. The prognosis may be difficult to establish because of the wide spectrum of disease severity, with patients benign forms of the disease and some others who are severely affected.We have analyzed the data from the French National reference center for FD. We have established a database from electronic medical reco...

Objectives: Bone disease is now well described in cystic fibrosis adult patients. CF bone disease is multifactorial but many studies suggested the crucial role of inflammation and chronic pulmonary infection. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis in a current adult CF population and to examine its relationship with infections and inflammation.Methods: Patients were recruited in the adult CF Lyon Centre and assessed in...