label: Osteomalacia
label_lc: osteomalacia
description: "A metabolic bone disease that results from either a deficiency in vitamin D, or an abnormality in the metabolism of vitamin D, or a deficiency of calcium in the diet.  The most common symptoms are bone pain and muscle weakness.  When it occurs in children it is commonly referred to as rickets. (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) --2003"