OSTEOPETROSIS

Course overview

THE NAME OSTEOPETROSIS ENCOMPASSES A GROUP OF HEREDITARY METABOLIC BONE DISEASES, ALL OF WHICH DETRIMENTALLY AFFECT BONE GROWTH AND REMODELING LEADING TO GENERALIZED OSTEOSCLEROSIS AND THE POTENTIAL OF PATHOLOGIC FRACTURES, PANCYTOPENIA, AND EVEN CRANIAL NEUROPATHIES AND HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY IN SEVERE CASES. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPETROSIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.