CLINICAL CASE OF OSTEOPOROSIS COMPLICATED BY PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES IN A MAN

Osteoporosis (OP) occupies one of the leading places in the morbidity structure among people over 50 years of age, and its social significance is associated with the main complications – low-energy fractures of the vertebral bodies and bones of the peripheral skeleton, which lead to an increase in disability and mortality among the population, being a serious problem for public health. This article examines a clinical case of severe osteoporosis in a 53-year-old man, which in a short time led to several pathological fractures of the axial skeleton, accompanied by persistent pain and impaired walking.