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Summary of Pathology
Definitions
Term | Definition |
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BONE CYST | FLUID-FILLED CYST WITH WALL OF FIBROUS TISSUE |
BURSITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BURSA |
DISLOCATION | DISPLACEMENT OF BONE FROM JOINT SPACE |
FRACTURE | DISRUPTION IN CONTINUITY OF BONE |
BENNETT | FRACTURE AT BASE OF FIRST METACARPAL |
BOXER | FRACTURE OF THE 5TH METACARPAL NECK |
COLLES | FRACTURE OF DISTAL RADIUS WITH POSTERIOR (DORSAL) DISPLACEMENT |
SMITH | FRACTURE OF DISTAL RADIUS WITH ANTERIOR (PALMAR) DISPLACEMENT |
TORUS OR BUCKLE | IMPACTED FRACTURE WITH BULGING OF PERIOSTEUM |
GOUT | HEREDITARY FORM OF ARTHRITIS IN WHICH URIC ACID IS DEPOSITED IN JOINTS |
JOINT EFFUSION | ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN JOINT ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERLYING CONDITION |
METASTASIS | TRANSFER OF CANCEROUS LESION FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER |
OSTEOARTHRITIS OR DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE | FORM OF ARTHRITIS MARKED BY PROGRESSIVE CARTILAGE DETERIORATION IN SYNOVIAL JOINTS AND VERTEBRAE |
OSTEOMYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BONE OWING TO PYOGENIC DISEASE |
OSTEOPETROSIS | INCREASED DENSITY OF ATYPICALLY SOFT BONE |
OSTEOPOROSIS | LOSS OF BONE DENSITY |
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | CHRONIC, SYSTEMIC, INFLAMMATORY COLLAGEN DISEASE |
TUMOR | NEW TISSUE GROWTH WHERE CELL PROLIFERATION IS UNCONTROLLED |
CHONDROSARCOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR ARISING FROM CARTILAGE CELLS |
ENCHONDROMA | BENIGN TUMOR CONSISTING OF CARTILAGE |
EWING SARCOMA | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF BONE ARISING FROM THE MEDULLARY TISSUE |
OSTEOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT, PRIMARY TUMOR OF BONE WITH BONE OR CARTILAGE FORMATION |