Long-Term Use of Glucocorticoid Exacerbates Bone Lesions in Postmenopausal Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Masaki HatanoIzuru KitajimaMasaki NakamuraKazuya IsawaTatsuya SuwabeJunichi HoshinoKeiichi KinowakiKenichi OhashiNaoki SawaSeizo YamamotoYoshifumi UbaraPublished in: Modern rheumatology case reports (2021)
These two cases suggest that use of glucocorticoid therapy > 10 y can induce severe osteoporosis in elderly RA women with higher disease activity, and that the disappearance of cancellous bone is the common characteristic. The 85 year-old woman was characterized by cortical porosis.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- disease activity
- postmenopausal women
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- body composition
- interstitial lung disease
- early onset
- stem cells
- case report
- community dwelling
- systemic sclerosis
- drug induced
- bone loss
- cell therapy