Osteomalacia in elderly White South African women with fractures of the femoral neck.
Iliac bone biopsies of 80 patients with femoral neck fractures showed histological features of osteomalacia in 11,25% of cases. The disorder is significantly worse in winter than in summer. This suggests that insufficient exposure to sunlight is a contributory factor.
D000368:Aged; D001862:Bone Resorption; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology