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Bones and groans.
As a general practitioner to whom patients presumably look for a source of disinterested information about their health, I have difficulty knowing what to make of the latest recommendations in the osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines and accompanying commentary. Contained therein is an expanded list of indications for testing and drug treatment for osteoporosis as recommended by a group of...
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Kidneystonesareamajorcauseofmorbidity, andresult in .$5 billion of health care costs annually (1). In the United States, the prevalence of nephrolithiasis increases with age but is approximately 11% for men and 7% for women (2). Although kidney stone composition varies by age, sex, body size, and a variety of comorbidities, calcium-containing kidney stones are the most common and account for .8...
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A 46 year old man was referred to hospital by his general practitioner with abnormal bone biochemistry. He had presented with poor appetite, fatigue, myalgia, and backache. Serum calcium, corrected for albumin, was 2.63 mmol/litre (reference range, 2.12–2.62), serum phosphate was 0.85 mmol/litre (normal range, 0.7–1.4), and alkaline phos-phatase was 367 IU/litre (normal range, 80–280). There wa...
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Sclerochoroidal calcification (SCC) is a frequent masquerader of choroidal melanoma with important systemic associations such as hyperparathyroidism and parathyroid adenoma. Herein, we describe a case of a 67-year-old male who presented with an amelanotic choroidal lesion in the right eye (OD) and a history of kidney stones. Ultrasonography showed the lesion to be flat and calcified OD. Inciden...
متن کاملLeave no stone unturned in case of groans.
To cite: Hoekstra RJ, Smakman N, Sanders FBM, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201991 DESCRIPTION An 84-year-old woman presented to our emergency room with abdominal symptoms since a couple of weeks. She reported vomiting and absence of defaecation for 3 days. Her medical history revealed myocardial infarction and an appendectomy. Physica...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111-2009