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REVIEWS IN ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 789-802Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-020-09614-0
Keywords
Hypoparathyroidism; Primary hyperparathyroidism; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; PTH(1– 84); Parathyroidectomy
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- NIH [DK32333]
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Both hypoparathyroidism and primary hyperparathyroidism can affect bone health differently. In hypoparathyroidism, deficiency of PTH leads to reduced bone remodeling, while in primary hyperparathyroidism, excess PTH causes increased bone remodeling.
Both hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT), as well as its pathological counterpart, primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), can lead to skeletal abnormalities. Chronic deficiency of PTH in patients with HypoPT is associated with a profound reduction in bone remodeling, with consequent increases in bone density, and abnormalities in microarchitecture and bone strength. It is still not clear whether there is an increase in fracture risk in HypoPT. While standard therapy with calcium supplements and active vitamin D does not restore bone homeostasis, treatment of HypoPT with PTH appears to correct some of those abnormalities. In PHPT, the continuous exposure to high levels of PTH causes an increase in bone remodeling, in which bone resorption prevails. In the symptomatic form of PHPT, patients can present with fragility fractures, and/or the classical radiological features of osteitis fibrosa cystica. However, even in mild PHPT, catabolic skeletal actions of PTH are evident through reduced BMD, deterioration of bone microarchitecture and increased risk of fragility fractures. Successful parathyroidectomy improves skeletal abnormalities. Medical treatment, such as bisphosphonates and denosumab, can also increase bone density in patients with PHPT who do not undergo surgery. This article reviews skeletal involvement in HypoPT and in PHPT, as assessed by bone remodeling, DXA, trabecular bone score, and quantitative computed tomography, as well as data on bone strength and fracture risk. The effects of PTH replacement on the skeleton in subjects with HypoPT, and the outcome of parathyroidectomy in patients with PHPT, are also reviewed here.
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