Bone

Bone 27 Dec 2003

Avascular necrosis (AVN; osteonecrosis; aseptic necrosis; ischaemic necrosis; femoral head necrosis)

Avascular necrosis is cellular death of bone components (e.g. bone marrow) due to impaired blood supply. It causes joint pain.

Bone 26 Dec 2003

Osgood-Schlatter (OS) disease

Osgood-Schlatter disease causes pain at the knee or shin. It is related to muscle overuse in adolescents which rarely requires treatment.

Bone 26 Dec 2003

Herniated nucleus pulposus (slipped disc; lumbar radiculopathy; cervical radiculopathy; herniated intervertebral disc; prolapsed intervertebral disc; ruptured disc)

Slipped disc (herniated nucleus pulposus) occurred when the centre of an intervertebral disc (a jelly-like substance) is forced through the outer casing.

Bone 25 Dec 2003

Developmental bone birth defect (achondrogenesis)

Achondrogenesis is a skeletal disease caused by birth defects that are thought to be hereditary. It may cause stillbirth or infant death due to small…

Bone 25 Dec 2003

Fibrous dysplasia (inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia; idiopathic fibrous hyperplasia)

Fibrous dysplasia is a skeletal disorder characterised by deformed bones. Bones expand due to abnormal growth of fibrous or connective tissues in the bones.

Bone 24 Dec 2003

Hypophosphatasia

Hypophosphatasia is an inherited bone diseases that causes skeletal deformation in children. In severe cases it causes infant death within weeks.

Bone 23 Dec 2003

Hip pain

Hip pain is common in children and people over 45 years. Pain originating from the hips often affects the groin, thigh and knee, sometimes causing…

Bone 18 Dec 2003

Kyphosis (hunchback; Scheuermann’s disease; Calve disease; roundback; postural kyphosis)

Kyphosis refers to curvature of the spine which produces a hunched back. It may induced by arthritis, fractures in osteoporosis or a slipped disc.