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A Rare Cause of Low Back Pain in Pregnancy: Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis
Author(s) -
Alparslan Yetişgin,
Dilek Şen Dokumacı,
Mehmet Ali Eren,
Hamza Karabağ
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
turkish journal of osteoporosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2146-3816
DOI - 10.4274/tod.35582
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , osteoporosis , obstetrics , low back pain , alternative medicine , pathology , genetics , biology
Pregnancy associated osteoporosis is a rare entity seen at the third trimester of first pregnancy or early postpartum period. It does not recur frequently in the subsequent pregnancies; however, it might lead to various complications unless it is treated. In this paper, we presented a woman diagnosed with pregnancy-associated osteoporosis with back pain at the 6th month of the pregnancy in order to discuss the points to be taken into consideration in the diagnosis/differential diagnosis and treatment options of pregnancy associated osteoporosis

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