Difficulty walking. A presentation of idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.

Abstract

Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis is a rare condition that may present as difficulty walking. Difficulty walking represents a challenging differential diagnosis in pediatrics. Diagnostic studies are usually oriented to rule out neuromuscular etiologies or, once organic causes have been reasonably discarded, conversion disorders. We describe 2 patients who presented with difficulty or inability to walk due to idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis, a rare disease unfamiliar to most physicians. However, early diagnosis in patients can avoid extensive testing and prolonged hospitalizations.

• Authors: V Villaverde, J De Inocencio, R Merino, J García-Consuegra
• Journal: The Journal of rheumatology (J Rheumatol) Vol. 25 Issue 1 Pg. 173-6 (Jan 1998) ISSN: 0315-162X [Print] Canada
• PMID: 9458225 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Child
• Female
• Femur (diagnostic imaging)
• Humans
• Locomotion
• Male
• Movement Disorders (etiology)
• Osteoporosis (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Pain (etiology)
• Radiography
• Spine (diagnostic imaging)