Generalized osteopenia
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Body
was changed:
Generalised osteopenia refers to osteopenia diffusely affecting the bones.
Differential diagnosis
The differential diagnosis is wide and includes includes:
- osteoporosis: decreased osteoid production
- osteomalacia: undermineralisation of osteoid
- hyperparathyroidism
- multiple myeloma
- diffuse metastases
- leukaemia
- drugs
- rickets
- scurvy
- anaemia
- steroids
- Cushing disease
- systemic mastocytosis
-<p><strong>Generalised osteopenia</strong> refers to <a href="/articles/osteopaenia">osteopenia</a> diffusely affecting the bones.</p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>The differential diagnosis is wide and includes includes:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Generalised osteopenia</strong> refers to <a title="osteopenia" href="/articles/osteopenia">osteopenia</a> diffusely affecting the bones.</p><h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><p>The differential diagnosis is wide and includes includes:</p><ul>
-<li><a title="Systemic mastocytosis" href="/articles/mastocytosis">systemic mastocytosis</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/mastocytosis">systemic mastocytosis</a></li>