PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED OSTEOPOROSIS - PRELIMINARY DENSITOMETRIC EVIDENCE OF EXTREMELY RAPID RECOVERY OF BONE-MINERAL DENSITY

Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis (PAO) is considered a rare complicat ion of pregnancy and lactation, but the actual incidence is unknown, P regnancy-associated osteoporosis is self-limited and usually does not recur during subsequent pregnancies, but little is known about its pat hogenesis or the dynamics of bone density during the evolution and rec overy phases of an acute episode, We report a case of idiopathic PAO, Follow-up included repeat measurements of bone density, which revealed a striking rate of improvement during the first 6 months after delive ry (50% increase) and continuous improvement, at a diminished though s till relatively high rate, during the successive year, This observatio n provides insight into the early stages of recovery from PAO.