Antonino Catalano, Federica Bellone, Giuseppe Cicala, Annalisa Giandalia, Nunziata Morabito, Domenico Cucinotta, Giuseppina Tiziana Russo
Wolfram Syndrome (WS) is a rare and lethal disease characterized by optic atrophy, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, and hearing loss. To date, osteoporotic related fractures have not been reported in affected patients. Here, we describe the case of a man affected by WS complicated by several bone fragility fractures. A 50-year-old Caucasian man was hospitalized because of tibia and fibula fractures. His clinical features included diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, optic atrophy and deafness that were consistent with an unrecognized WS diagnosis, which was confirmed by the identification of a specific mutation in gene WFS1 encoding wolframin...
May 2017: Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism