Open AccessJuvenile osteoporosis in a 5-year-old girl
Author(s) -
Saket Sanghai,
Ira Shah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.116979
Subject(s) - girl , medicine , etiology , osteoporosis , pediatrics , juvenile , treatment modality , surgery , psychology , developmental psychology , biology , genetics
Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO) is a term used to describe a primary osteoporosis of unknown etiology in prepubertal children. It is rarely described in the literature and treatment modalities vary with spontaneous remission also being reported at the time of puberty. We report a 5-year-old girl with IJO who had spinal deformities and was successfully treated with oral alendronate.