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osteolysis
Etiology:
- inherited disorders of osteolysis may be referred to as vanishing bone syndrome
- post-traumatic osteolysis
- osteolysis in joint replacement
- distal clavicular osteolysis in weightlifters
- osteolysis of bone metastases
- Pagets disease
- renal osteodystrophy
- untreated or undertreated osteomyelitis
- workers exposed to polyvinylchloride or vapors
Pathology:
- softening, absorption & destruction of bone by osteoclasts
Complications:
- pathologic fractures
Specific
inherited disorder of osteolysis; vanishing bone syndrome; osteolysis syndrome
General
bone disease; osteopathia
References
- Medicyclopaedia: Osteolysis
http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iii_1/o/osteolysis.aspx
- Wikipedia: Osteolysis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteolysis
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- NEJM Knowledge+