Musculoskeletal ImagingOsteopenia
a condition of bone that occurs when bone resorption exceeds bone formation from whatever cause. On radiographs this appears as increased radiolucency or "poverty of bone"; sometimes the osteopenia takes a bandlike or patchy form. Major causes of generalized osteopenia are
osteoporosis,
osteomalacia,
hyperparathyroidism and
neoplasm. It also accompanies numerous disorders (Table 1).
Osteopenia, Table 1. Some conditions associated with osteopenia.
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