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A 55-year-old postmenopausal Caucasian woman presented for bone health evaluation with a history of recurrent metatarsal stress fractures. She recalls seeing a podiatrist at age 51 for a spontaneous left fourth metatarsal fracture that healed slowly over a 6-month period. Spontaneous right fifth and left fifth metatarsal fractures occurred 1 year later, for which she subsequently underwent open reduction and internal fixation, for worsening pain. She also reports long-standing bone pain in her hips and thighs. She follows with her PCP for intermittent headaches. On further history, she reports losing several "baby" teeth prematurely as a child. She also required extensive dental work for numerous dental caries. She also recalls being told she had gait abnormality as a child and started walking late, compared to her peers of the same age. She denies any known family history of bone disorder but recalls that her mother sustained a foot fracture at age 50, which also healed slowly. Laboratory findings revealed low serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of 12 IU/liter (normal, 30-105 IU/liter). Pyridoxal-5-phosphate was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and was 49.9

Author

Rod Marianne Arceo-Mendoza; Anne Margarette Bacal; Pauline M. Camacho

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Published

2019