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​Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Osteoporosis
Secondary Causes
• Total parenteral nutrition
• Systemic mastocytosis
• Sickle cell disease
• Prolonged immobilization
• Prolactinoma
• Post gastrectomy
• Myeloproliferative diseases
• Multiple myeloma
• Medication induced (e.g., glucocorticoids, anticonvulsants, heparin, LHRH agonists or antagonists)
• Malabsorption
• Leukemias and lymphomas
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Homocystinuria
• Hepatobiliary disease
• DM
• Connective tissue disorders (e.g., osteogenesis imperfecta, Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)
• Chronic renal failure
• Chronic hypophosphatemia
• Aluminum-containing antacids
• Acromegaly
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