Adult hypophosphatasia manifests in a marathon runner.


Journal

BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 Sep 2020
Historique:
entrez: 11 9 2020
pubmed: 12 9 2020
medline: 23 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A 49-year-old woman, previously healthy, presented with recurrent fractures provoked by minimal trauma. She had sustained seven fractures over the previous 2 years. While she was an avid runner, her injuries were determined to be out of proportion to the degree of trauma. Initial evaluation, exploring the more common causes such as low bone density and abnormal vitamin D metabolism, was unremarkable. On repeat of the some of the tests, a low alkaline phosphatase (AP) was noted, which raised suspicion for hypophosphatasia (HPP), a rare cause of recurrent fractures. Subsequent workup revealed a low bone-specific AP and elevated vitamin B

Identifiants

pubmed: 32912883
pii: 13/9/e234764
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234764
pmc: PMC7482458
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Immunoglobulin G 0
Recombinant Fusion Proteins 0
Vitamin B 6 8059-24-3
ALPL protein, human EC 3.1.3.1
Alkaline Phosphatase EC 3.1.3.1
asfotase alfa Z633861EIM

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Informations de copyright

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interests: None declared.

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Auteurs

Nada Fanous (N)

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States.

Diana Barb (D)

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States Diana.Barb@medicine.ufl.edu.

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