Osteopenia and bone fractures in a man with anorexia nervosa and hypogonadism
- 18 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 256 (3) , 385-388
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.256.3.385
Abstract
Women with anorexia nervosa have reduced skeletal mass. Both anorexia and osteopenia are less common in men. We describe a 22-year-old man with anorexia nervosa and severe osteopenia involving both cortical and trabecular bone who developed a pelvic fracture and multiple vertebral compression fractures. He was found to have secondary hypogonadotropic hypogonadism that was reversible with weight gain. This case illustrates the need to consider osteopenia as a potential complication of anorexia nervosa in males as well as females. (JAMA1986;256:385-388)This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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