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THE OSTEOMALACIA SYNDROME AFTER COLOCYSTOPLASTY; A CURE WITH SODIUM BICARBONATE ALONE
Author(s) -
HOSSAIN M.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1970.tb10029.x
Subject(s) - osteomalacia , sodium bicarbonate , osteoid , alkaline phosphatase , medicine , endocrinology , phosphorus , acidosis , rickets , ischium , sodium , bicarbonate , bone ash , pelvis , chemistry , surgery , calcium , osteoporosis , biochemistry , vitamin d and neurology , enzyme , organic chemistry
SUMMARY A patient presented 4 years after colocystoplasty with the osteomalacia syndrome in that she complained of pains in the bones, the serum phosphorus was low, the serum alkaline phosphatase was high, radiologically there was a Looser's zone in the pelvis and histologically there was an excess of osteoid in the bone. She also had a hyperchloræmic acidosis which was corrected with sodium bicarbonate. At the same time the bone pains disappeared, the serum phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase returned to normal levels and the Looser's zone healed.