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OCR: ontext to Osteoporosis needs to be understood ir tion which other bone diseases in the ageing popul present a may be confused with osteoporosis and similar clinical picture. 1 to cover The generic term osteopenia may be use which the group of generalised diseases of bon creased present with a radiological picture of a c s useful amount of mineralised bone. This term ular bone because it does not presuppose any parti al picture. pathology or disease from the radiologi In most cases, osteopenia will be due to re of osteoporosis. A similar radiological pict osteopenia, however, can be produced b one osteomalacia, osteitis fibrosa cystica (the disease sometimes associated with prim hyperparathyroidism), and the osteoper gnant associated with myeloma and other ma disease