bone_pathology
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pathologic processes involving bone
see also:
- diffuse osteosclerosis:
- hypervitaminosis D
- Paget's disease of the bone - rare under 40 years age
- myelofibrosis
- sickle cell disease
- leukaemia
- flouride, lead or beryllium toxicity
- genetic mutations affecting molecules which regulate skeletal bone mass such as Slc37a2
- osteopetrosis (Marble bone disease) - extremely rare
- multiple myeloma (eg. pepper pot skull) - rare under 40 years age
- fibrous dysplasia - rare
- osteoblastic bone metastases
- osteolytic bone metastases
DDx bowing of tibia
DDx discrete translucencies in a skull Xray
- myelomatosis
- metastatic deposits esp. neuroblastoma
- Histiocytosis X esp. Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
- congenital cranial lacunae
DDx bilateral frontal "bossing" on skull Xray
- rickets
- achondroplasia
- congenital hydrocephalus
- Gorlin's basal cell naevi syndrome
bone_pathology.txt · Last modified: 2023/02/22 09:17 by gary1