Colavita N, Marconi M, Orazi C, Romagnoli C, Cataldi L, Zecca E
Diagn Imaging Clin Med. 1984;53(6):282-7.
The incidence of skeletal changes in preterm low-birth-weight infants is rising. This is probably related to today's higher survival rate of these babies. The late positivity of biochemical data and the lack of clinical prognostic signs justify the role of radiology in such pathology. Radiology, however, although useful in detecting rachitic changes, seems to be less sensitive to minimal osteoporotic modifications, for which densitometric studies should be preferred. The authors report their personal experience in 8 cases of skeletal pathology in preterm infants and suggest a radiological follow-up of the skeleton from the 5th to the 12th week of life, whenever a densitometric method is not available.
早产低体重儿骨骼改变的发生率正在上升。这可能与如今这些婴儿较高的存活率有关。生化数据的晚期阳性以及缺乏临床预后体征证明了放射学在这种病理情况下的作用。然而，放射学虽然在检测佝偻病改变方面有用，但对于微小的骨质疏松性改变似乎不太敏感，对于这种情况，应优先进行骨密度测定研究。作者报告了他们在8例早产儿骨骼病理方面的个人经验，并建议在无法使用骨密度测定方法时，对出生后第5周至第12周的婴儿骨骼进行放射学随访。
