Healing of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures following cure of Cushing's syndrome

R Goswami; P Shah; A C Ammini; M Berry

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1673.1995.tb00272.x

Healing of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures following cure of Cushing's syndrome

Australas Radiol. 1995 May;39(2):195-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1995.tb00272.x.

Authors

R Goswami¹, P Shah, A C Ammini, M Berry

Affiliation

¹ Department of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

PMID: 7605332
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1995.tb00272.x

Abstract

Reversibility of gross radiologically manifest steroid-induced osteoporosis is disputable. A young boy with endogenous Cushing's syndrome with severe osteoporosis, demonstrating satisfactory recovery of osteoporotic changes within 2 years after cure of Cushing's syndrome, is described.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenoma / surgery
Adolescent
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery
Cushing Syndrome / surgery*
Follow-Up Studies
Fracture Healing*
Humans
Male
Osteoporosis / therapy*
Spinal Diseases / therapy*
Spinal Fractures / therapy*
Thoracic Vertebrae / injuries*