Clinical skill update – Unusual cases in osteoporosis

You will learn:
• To use anonymised case studies to focus on the diagnostic skills needed to diagnose unusual causes of osteoporosis
• The first case with osteoporotic features is the result of undetected coeliac disease in a 50-year-old woman; treatment options are presented for this patient
• The second case tracks a patient over 10 years before a diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism is made; an adenoma is identified, resected and effective patient treatment initiated
• The third case describes the sequelae in a 41-year female who had anorexia nervosa in adolescence, options for treatment of the resultant osteoporosis are presented
• The fourth case is an elderly patient with HIV on antiretroviral therapy with chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD), depression and severe osteoporosis. The pathophysiology of renal osteodystrophy is discussed, and options for osteoporotic treatment at various CKD stages are presented
• The fifth case is patient with X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets, which had been missed in childhood
• The sixth case is of unexplained bone growth due to genetic abnormality

WEBINAR HELD ON 13 APRIL 2021