Endocrine Abstracts

The fracture risk in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is partially independent of bone mineral density (BMD) and seems to depend on decreased bone quality, which is still reliably assessed only with invasive techniques. Trabecular bone score (TBS) is a grey-level texture measurement acquired during a dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) lumbar spine scan and it has been recently proposed as index of bone quality. This study is aimed to assess the role of TBS in predictin...