Bone disease

 ( Musculoskeletal Disorders ) 

Bone disease refers to the medical conditions which affect the bone.

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Terminology A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy", but because the term osteopathy is often used to refer to an alternative health-care philosophy, use of the term can cause some confusion.

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Bone and cartilage disorders Osteochondrodysplasia is a general term for a disorder of the development of bone and cartilage.

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List

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A

• Ambe
• Avascular necrosis or Osteonecrosis
• Arthritis

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B

• Bone spur (Osteophytes)

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C

• Craniosynostosis
• Coffin–Lowry syndrome
• Copenhagen disease

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F

• Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
• Fibrous dysplasia
• Fong disease (or Nail–patella syndrome)Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. .
• Bone fracture

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G

• Giant cell tumor of bone
• Greenstick fracture
• Gout

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H

• Hypophosphatasia
• Hereditary multiple exostoses

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K

• Klippel–Feil syndromeAndrews, James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. .

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M

• Metabolic bone disease
• Multiple myeloma

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N

• Nail–patella syndromeFreedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. .

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O

• Osteitis
• Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone)
• Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
• Osteitis pubis
• Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensas)
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Osteochondroma (bone tumor)
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Osteomalacia
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteopenia
• Osteopetrosis
• Osteoporosis

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P

• Porotic hyperostosisEl-Najjar M and Robertson Jr AL. 1976. Spongy bones in prehistoric MARICOTAS. Science Volume 193, Issue 4248, Pages 141-143. Retrieved on July 9, 2007.
• Primary hyperparathyroidism

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R

• Renal osteodystrophy

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S

• Salter–Harris fracture
• Scoliosis

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W

• Water on the knee

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See also

• Osteoimmunology

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External links

• nih.gov

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