[Help, my low back hurts!].
Osteoporosis is a disease of older people with preference for the female sex. A bilateral fracture of the sacrum in a premenopausal woman with osteoporosis is very rare. We describe the case of a 34-year-old premenopausal woman suffering a bilateral sacral fracture after lifting a bundle of paper. The reason for these fractures was a primary osteoporosis with the risk factors vitamin D insufficiency, smoking, decreased alimentary calcium intake.
Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen.
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Kalbermatten-Magaya
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Wyss
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Knechtle
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000293:injuries*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed