Table 2 Bone mineral densitometry of the patient
From: Extremely elevated serum alkaline phosphatase level upon treatment with teriparatide: a case report
Region | 23 March 2017 SLE diagnosis | 15 March 2018 Before teriparatide commencement | 8 April 2019 4 months after discontinuing teriparatide | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z-score | BMD (g/cm2) | Z-score | BMD (g/cm2) | Z-score | BMD (g/cm2) | |
Lumbar spine | − 2.2 | 0.852 | − 2.8 | 0.781 | − 2.5 | 0.816 |
Femoral neck | − 0.8 | 0.827 | − 1.1 | 0.786 | − 0.8 | 0.824 |
Total hip | − 0.9 | 0.894 | − 1.8 | 0.759 | − 0.6 | 0.934 |
One-third distal radius | – | – | − 3.2 | 0.648 | − 2.4 | 0.688 |