Metabolic Bone Diseases - A Case-Based Approach

This concise, case-based text discusses the current state of the art for the diagnosis and management of metabolic bones diseases. Each chapter opens with a unique case presentation and utilizes a consistent format that includes relevant anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as well as examination, treatment approaches and clinical outcomes. Topics covered include osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia, hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease of bone, calcium and phosphorous disorders,  hypophosphatasia, sclerotic bone disorders, fibrous and osteochondroplasia, and other malignancies of bone. 
Written and edited by experts in the field, Metabolic Bone Diseases is a valuable resource for practicing endocrinologists, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons, residents and fellows.

List of contents

Osteoporosis.- Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Non-parathyroid Hypercalcemia.- Rickets and Osteomalacia.- Hypoparathyroidism.- Pseudohypoparathyroidism.- Phosphorus Disorders: Hypophosphatemic Rickets.- Paget's Disease of Bone.- Hypophosphatasia.- Osteogenesis Imperfecta.- Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia.- Sclerotic Bone Disorders.- Fibrous Dysplasia.- Osteochondrodysplasia.- Malignancies of the Bone

About the author

Pauline M. Camacho, MD, FACE, Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Maywood, IL, USA

Summary

Takes a case-based approach to the diagnosis and management of metabolic bones diseases, such as osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease of bone, hypophosphatasia, and sclerotic bone disorders
Applies a consistent chapter format that includes relevant anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as well as examination, treatment approaches and clinical outcomes

A valuable resource for practicing endocrinologists, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons, residents and fellows

Product details

• Assisted by: Pauline M. Camacho (Editor), Paulin M Camacho (Editor), Pauline M Camacho (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030036935
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3003693-5
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 18 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 582 g
• Illustrations: IX, 268 p. 55 illus., 22 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; B, Medicine, Krankheiten und Störungen, Orthopädie und Brüche, Diseases, Orthopedics, METABOLISM, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Endocrinology, Orthopaedics, Surgical orthopaedics & fractures, Metabolic Diseases, Primary hyperparathyroidism, metabolic disease, Rickets, Phosphorus disorder, Tumor-induced osteomalacia, Paget's disease of bone, Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Primary malignancy of bone, Sclerotic bone disorder