[Hypertrophic osteopathy in alcoholic males].
Hypertrophic osteopathy was observed in 5 alcohol addict men. Periosteal newbone formation on the femur, tibia, fibula, radius and ulna appeared symmetrical. The short tubular and flat bones of hands and feet did not suffer impairment. Liver biopsy confirmed in each case portal cirrhosis. Hypertrophic osteopathy is a late complication of alcohol disease. Its development may be due to individual predisposition influenced by nutritional, hormonal, genetic, pancreatohepatic and biomechanical factors.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010005:Osteoarthropathy, Secondary Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism
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