title: [Osteomalacia and fatigue fractures in celiac disease].
abstract: We report on a 36-year-old female patient suffering from bilateral inguinal pain. The x-ray revealed significant osteoporosis of both proximal femurs with an impacted fatigue fracture of the right calcar and Looser zones at the left subtrochanteric femur. The intestinal biopsy proved coeliac disease, resulting in a secondary malabsorption. The authors conclude that osteomalacia in young patients could indicate coeliac-induced malabsorption.
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jerosch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jantea
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geske
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Osteomalazie und Ermüdungsbrüche bei Zöliakie.