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The radiographic spectrum of renal osteodystrophy
W M Molpus1, R S Pritchard, C W Walker
1Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
American Family Physician
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Chronic renal failure often results in bone changes, collectively known as renal osteodystrophy. These changes include osteitis fibrosa, osteosclerosis, soft tissue calcifications, osteomalacia (in adults) and rickets (in children). Early recognition of renal osteodystrophy allows more aggressive clinical control of serum calcium and phosphate levels. Intervention may spare the patient late complications such as fractures, pain and loss of skeletal function.