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Summary of Pathology
Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |