Items tagged “bone”
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Enchondroma with pathological fracture
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21 Oct 2014
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Osteoblastic metastases from prostate cancer
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26 Oct 2014
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Beta thalassemia major
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22 Jan 2015
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Tumors that metastasize to bone (mnemonic)
Tumors that metastasize to bone may be remembered using the mnemonic "PBKTL", rendered as "lead kettle", as "Pb" is the standard abbreviation for the chemical element, lead.
PB-KTL
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P: prostate
B: breast
K: kidney
T: thyroid
L: lung
For females, breast and lung are the most commo...
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Bone infarction
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04 Jan 2016
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Diaphysis
The diaphyses (singular: diaphysis), sometimes colloquially called the shafts, are the main portions of a long bone (a bone that is longer than it is wide) and provide most of their length.
The diaphysis has a tubular composition with a hard outer section of hard cortical bone and a central po...
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Long bones
Long bones are 1 of the 5 types of bones in the human body and are defined as those that are longer than they are wide.
The majority of the appendicular skeleton is composed of long bones (aside from the carpals and tarsals).
In general, the long bones form by endochondral ossification.
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Metaphysis
The metaphyses (singular: metaphysis) are the wide portions of long bones and the regions of the bone where growth occurs. Growth occurs at the section of the metaphysis that is adjacent to the growth plate (physis).
The metaphysis is located between the diaphysis and epiphysis.
A relatively r...
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Transverse fracture
Transverse fractures are complete fractures that traverse the bone perpendicular to the axis of the bone. The fracture involves the cortex circumferentially and there may be displacement.
The term is predominantly used in the context of fractures of long bones although other types of bones may ...
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Paget disease of femur
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12 May 2016
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Polyostotic melorheostosis
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03 Jun 2016
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Bone infarction
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21 Jan 2017
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Intraosseous pneumatocyst
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21 Jan 2017
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Osteosarcoma of the fibula with sun burst appearance
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17 Jun 2017
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Osteopetrosis
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06 Feb 2019
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Parosteal osteosarcoma
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12 Dec 2018
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Pachydermoperiostosis
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20 Dec 2018
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Osteoid osteoma - humerus
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02 Feb 2019
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Brodie abscess - tibia
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27 Feb 2019
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Multiple hereditary exostoses
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28 Jan 2020
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