Diagnostic Radiology/Musculoskeletal Imaging/Metabolic Basic

Osteoporosis

1.  Disuse 
2.  Related to aging (postmenopausal, senile) 
3.  Idiopathic juvenile 
4.  Transient 
5.  Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
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Osteomalacia

1.  Dietary 
2.  Gastrointestinal malabsorption 
 a.    Liver disease 
 b.    Anticonvulsant therapy 
3.  Tumor induced 
4.  Renal osteodystrophy
5.  Vitamin D dependent rickets 
6.  Milk-alkali syndrome
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Pituitary disorder

1.  Gigantism 
2.  Acromegaly 
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Intoxication, poisoning

1.  Heavy metal (lead) 
2.  Fluorine 
3.  Hypervitaminosis A 
4.  Hypervitaminosis D 
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Complication of drug use

1.  Prostaglandin (periostitis) 
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Osteonecrosis

1.  Causes 
2.  Bone infarction 
3.  Legg-Calve-Perthes disease   
4.  Freiberg infraction 
5.  Kienböck's disease 
6.  Kohler disease 
7.  Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee
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Hematologic disorder

1.  Sickle cell disease or variant
2.  Thalassemia or variant 
3.  Iron deficiency anemia 
4.  Hemophilia
5.  Idiopathic myelofibrosis 
6.  Extramedullary hematopoiesis 
7.  Fatty marrow reconversion 
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Miscellaneous

1.  Hemochromatosis 
2.  Alkaptonuria 
3.  Amyloidosis 
4.  Paget's disease 
5.  Calcification/ossification secondary to venous stasis 
6.  Calcification/ossification secondary to paraplegia 
7.  Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy 
 a.    Primary (pachydermoperiostosis) 
 b.    Secondary (pulmonary, etc.) 
8.  Infantile cortical hyperostosis (Caffey disease)
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Last modified on 23 June 2006, at 06:29