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Possible Causes For Hungry bone syndrome/deficit recovery - Causes
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Hungry bone syndrome/deficit recovery - Causes
- Surgical, Procedure Complication
- Parathyroidectomy
- Thyroidectomy, subtotal/Thyroid surgery
- Neoplastic Disorders
- Metastatic bone disease
- Adenocarcinoma, metast. prostate
- Prostate cancer/bone metastasis
- Adenocarcinoma, metastatic breast
- Osteoblastic malignancy
- Deficiency Disorders
- Starvation recovery/edema syndrome
- Pathophysiologic
- Hungry bone syndrome/recovery deficit
- Drugs
- Vitamin D Administration/Toxicity
- Synonyms
- Hungry bone syndrome, Hungry bones syndrome, Hungry bones syndrome (disorder)
- Definition
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Thyrotoxicosis leading to overactive osteoblastic activity coupled with a reduced osteoclastic activity followed by surgery results in a net calcium from circulation. This is the proposed mechanism of Hungry Bone Syndrome leading to hypocalcaemia.
There are no definitions given in literature just proposed mechanism put forth - the cause and reasons for HBS have not yet been identified.
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