> 99% in bone
Muscle and nerve function
Clotting mechanisms
Free plasma Ca = Bound plasma Ca
Active transport absorption in the duodenum
and passive diffusion in the jejunum
98% reabsorption in the kidney
600 mg/day in children
1300 mg/day in adolescents and young adults
750 mg/day in adults
1500 mg/day in pregnant women
2000 mg/day in lactating women
1500 mg/day in postmenopausal women and
patients with fractures
Key component of bone mineral
Enzyme systems and molecular interactions
85% in bone
Plasma Phosphate is mostly unbound
1000-1500 mg/day
Vitamin D metabolism
Secondary role
Other Hormones
- Estrogen
- Corticosteroids
- Thyroxin
Non-hormonal Factors
- Mechanical stress
- Prostaglandin E
- Acid-base balance
Normal bone growth & mineralization require adequate
availability of calcium & phosphate.
Deficient mineralization can result in rickets and/or
osteomalacia.
Rickets refers to the changes caused by deficient mineralization
at the growth plate.
Osteomalacia refers to impaired mineralization of the bone
matrix.
Rickets & osteomalacia usually occur together as long as the
growth plates are open; only osteomalacia occurs after the
growth plates have fused.
Vitamin D disorders
◦Nutritional vitamin D deficiency; Congenital vitamin D deficiency;
Secondary vitamin D deficiency; Malabsorption ; Increased
degradation; Decreased liver 25-hydroxylase; Vitamin D-dependent
rickets type 1; Vitamin D-dependent rickets type 2; Chronic renal failure.
Calcium deficiency
◦Low intake, Calcium deficient Diet, Premature infants (rickets of
prematurity), Malabsorption, Dietary inhibitors of calcium absorption
Phosphorus deficiency
◦Inadequate intake, Premature infants (rickets of
prematurity), Aluminum-containing antacids
GENERAL Failure to thrive; Listlessness; Protuding abdomen; Muscle weakness
(especially proximal); Fractures.
HEAD Craniotabes; Frontal bossing; Delayed fontanelle closure; Delayed
dentition; caries; Craniosynostosis
CHEST Rachitic rosary; Harrison groove; Respiratory infections and atelectasis
BACK Scoliosis ,Kyphosis ,Lordosis
EXTREMITIES Enlargement of wrists and ankles; Valgus or varus deformities
Windswept deformity (combination of valgus deformity of 1 leg with varus
deformity of the other leg); Anterior bowing of the tibia and femur; Coxa vara;
Leg pain.
HYPOCALCEMIC SYMPTOMS Tetany ; Seizures; Stridor due to laryngeal spasm
Extraskeletal manifestation of rickets vary depending upon the
mineral deficiency.
Hypoplasia of the dental enamel is typical for hypocalcemic
rickets, whereas abscesses of the teeth occur more often in
phosphopenic rickets.
Hypocalcemic seizures, decreased muscle tone leading to
delayed motor milestones, recurrent infections, increased
sweating.
Diagnostic approach to suspected rickets
Diagnostic approach to hypocalcimic rickets
Diagnostic approach to hypophosphatemic rickets
Biochemical findings in rickets
Alkaline phosphatase usually is in all forms of rickets.
↑
Serum phosphorus concentrations usually are in both
↓
hypocalcemic and hypophosphatemic rickets.
Serum Ca is only in hypocalcemic rickets.
↓
Serum parathyroid hormone typically is in hypocalcemic
↑
rickets, in contrast it is N in hypophosphatemic rickets.
25-OH vitamin D reflect the amount of vitamin D stored in the
body, and is in vit D deficiency.
↓
1,25-OH2 vitamin D can be , N or in hypocalcemic rickets and
↓ ↑
usually is N or slightly in hypophosphatemic rickets.
↑
Vitamin D. Stoss therapy: 300,000-600,000 IU orally or IM in 2-4
divided doses over one day.
High dose vit D 2000-5000 IU orally for 4-6wks followed by 400
IU daily orally as maintenance.
Adequate dietary Calcium & phosphorus provided by milk,
formula & other dairy products.
Symptomatic hypocalcaemia need IV Cacl as 20mg/kg or Ca
gluconate as 100mg/kg as a bolus, followed by oral calcium
tapered over 2-6 weeks.
Pathology
- PTH overproduction
- Increased renal tubular absorption , intestinal
absorption and bone resorption of Ca
- Hypercalcaemia and hypercalciuria
- Suppressed phosphate tubular reabsorption
- Hypophosphataemia and hyperphosphaturia
Pathology
*Hypercalcaemia
calcinosis , stone formation , recurrent
infection and soft tissue calcification
*Bone resorption
loss of bone substance , subperiosteal
erosion
osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors
Symptoms & Signs
*Hypercalcaemia
anorexia , nausea , depression and polyuria
*Bone rarefaction
pain , pathological fractures and deformities
*Biochemistry
hypercalcaemia , hypophosphataemia , high
alk. Phosphatase and serum PTH
X-rays
- Subperiosteal bone resorption
- Generalized decrease in bone density
- Brown tumors
- Chondrocalcinosis
knee , wrist and shoulder
Treatment
Surgical excision of adenoma or hyperplastic
parathyroid tissue
Hungry bone syndrome
◦Treated by vitamin D
* Normal mineralization
* Decrease bone mass
(amount of bone per unit volume)
* Age related
* Associated or manifestation of other conditions
- Idiopathic osteoporosis - normal investigations
- In old patients we have to role out malignancy
and multiple myeloma
- Younger patients must be fully investigated
- Several causes may be involved
- Osteoporosis can be associated with osteomalacia