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Hormonell bedingte Schenkelhalsspontanfraktur bei einer 28-jährigen Patientin

Hormone-Induced Spontaneous Femoral Neck Fracture in a 28-Year-Old Female Patient

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Fallbeschreibung:

Eine 28-jährige Patientin wurde bei lateraler Schenkelhalsspontanfraktur ohne adäquates Trauma ins Krankenhaus eingewiesen. Die durchgeführte Knochendichtemessung zeigte eine Osteoporose ohne erkennbare Ursache oder eindeutige Risikofaktoren. Die endokrinologische Abklärung erbrachte die Diagnose eines Hyperkortisolismus. Schließlich konnte ein Morbus Cushing diagnostiziert werden, und es erfolgte eine transsphenoidale Hypophysenresektion. Die Patientin erhielt eine Osteoporosetherapie mit Vitamin-D- und Calciumsubstitution sowie Bisphosphonaten.

Schlussfolgerung:

Die glukokortikoidinduzierte Osteoporose ist eine der häufigsten sekundären Osteoporoseformen. Fälle mit okkultem endogenen Cushing-Syndrom und manifester Osteoporose als einzige Manifestation der Erkrankung sind beschrieben, wenn auch sehr selten. Daher sollte bei Osteoporose unklarer Ursache ein Hyperkortisolismus ausgeschlossen werden.

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Case Report:

A 28-year-old woman was referred to hospital with a spontaneous femoral neck fracture. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry showed severe osteoporosis without apparent cause or risk factors. The basic endocrinologic evaluation revealed hypercortisolism, and the diagnosis of Cushing’s disease could be made following biochemical test and magnetic resonance imaging. A transsphenoidal resection of the pituitary gland tumor was performed and led to a cure of the disease. The patient received calcium and vitamin D substitution as well as biphosphonates.

Conclusion:

Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is the most frequent cause of secondary osteoporosis. Only few cases with occult endogenous Cushing’s syndrome and osteoporosis as the main manifestation of the disease have been reported. Nevertheless, hypercortisolism should be excluded whenever osteoporosis without apparent cause is diagnosed.

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Bala, M., Bollheimer, C., Schölmerich, J. et al. Hormonell bedingte Schenkelhalsspontanfraktur bei einer 28-jährigen Patientin. Med Klin 104, 244–248 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-009-1038-2

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