Radiology of rickets, osteomalacia and hyperparathyroidism
Renton, P.
Hospital Medicine 59(5): 399-403
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1462-3935 PMID: 9722392 Document Number: 487895
In osteoporosis, the amount of mineralized bone is diminished, but the remaining bone is of normal quality. In rickets and osteomalacia the trabeculae are irregularly mineralized, a feature reflected in the X-ray image. In hyperparathyroidism there is generalized and focal bone resorption leading to demineralization and poor definition of bone on the X-ray.