Bone Biopsy in Women with Spinal Osteoporosis

Abstract

Iliac crest biopsies were obtained from 110 women, 62 of whom were clinically and radiologically classified as osteoporotics. The amount of osteoid surface was measured by a histological planimetrical method. The amount of osteoid did not differ between osteoporotic women and control women. Osteomalacia was rare in both groups.