CASE-REPORT - OSTEOPOROSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC ANOREXIA-NERVOSA IN A MALE

Authors
SCURLOCK H TIMIMI S ROBINSON PH
Citation
H. Scurlock et al., CASE-REPORT - OSTEOPOROSIS AS A COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC ANOREXIA-NERVOSA IN A MALE, European eating disorders review, 5(1), 1997, pp. 42-46
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
European eating disorders review → ACNP
ISSN journal
10724133
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
42 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
1072-4133(1997)5:1<42:C-OAAC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We describe the case of a 38-year-old man, with a 23-year history of a norexia nervosa, who developed severe osteoporosis which was discovere d when he presented with a spontaneous crush fracture of his first lum bar vertebra. This case demonstrates the need to consider osteoporosis as a potential complication of chronic anorexia nervosa in male as we ll as female patients.