Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Decreased bone mass is associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), due to multiple factors, including endocrine disturbances, deficits in calcium and vitamin D, malnutrition, drugs (corticosteroids), chronic inflammation. If in older man and postmenopausal women, the treatment is well established, for young patients is not a general consensus.Case report: We report the case of a 20-year-old, male, nonsmoker, diagnosed with Crohn disea...