OSTEITIS FIBROSA CYSTICA

Course overview

OSTEITIS FIBROSA CYSTICA (OFC) IS A SKELETAL DISORDER CAUSED BY AN OVERPRODUCTION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE FROM THE OVERACTIVE PARATHYROID GLANDS. OSTEITIS FIBROSA CYSTICA IS THE LATE MANIFESTATION OF THE HYPERPARATHYROIDISM. THE INCIDENCE OF BONE LESIONS HAS DECREASED FROM 80% IN THE PAST TO 15% IN THE PRESENT. THIS MAY BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIOCHEMICAL MONITORING OF SERUM CALCIUM LEVELS LEADING TO EARLIER DIAGNOSES IN FREQUENTLY ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF OSTEITIS FIBROSA CYSTICA AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS HYPERPARATHYROIDISM BY PERFORMING ROUTINE BLOOD WORK AND PREVENTION OF SKELETAL COMPLICATIONS OF HYPERPARATHYROIDISM.