EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports

Transient osteoporosis of pregnancy is an uncommon skeletal pathology that develops during the third trimester in otherwise healthy pregnancies. When it rarely presents, it is often cited in the literature with primary pathology in the hip of pregnant patients. We present the diagnostic evaluation and management of a case of transient osteoporosis developing in the knee in the last months of pregnancy, which is an unusual location for an already rare skeletal pathology.

Keywords: Transient Osteoporosis of Pregnancy (TOP); Pregnancy; Knee

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