Successful neridronate therapy in transient osteoporosis of the hip.
We report on an uncommon case of bilateral transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) occurring in a young woman during pregnancy. The clinical features and the therapeutic action of intramuscular neridronate sodium, a third-generation amino-bisphosphonate, are underlined.
Dipartimento Medico Chirurgico di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale F Magrassi & A Lanzara, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy. giovanni.lamontagna@unina2.it
Giovanni
G
La Montagna
Domenico
D
Malesci
Rosella
R
Tirri
Gabriele
G
Valentini
D000328:Adult; D001175:Arthrography; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D004164:Diphosphonates; C053389:6-amino-1-hydroxyhexane-1,1-diphosphonate