Fibrous ankylosis
Fibrous ankylosis is a fibrous connective tissue process which results in decreased range of motion.[1] Symptoms present as bony ankylosis, in which osseous tissue fuses two bones together reducing mobility, which is why fibrous ankylosis is also known as false ankylosis.[citation needed]
Pathology may be the result of trauma, disease, chronic inflammation, or surgery.[citation needed]
Some research suggests fibrous ankylosis may precede the development of bony ankylosis.[2]
Notes
- ^ Chabner, Davi-Ellen. (2007). The Language of Medicine (8th ed.). Saunders Elsevier, St. Louis, MO, USA.
- ^ Ikeno, Hidenori; Matsumura, Hirofumi; Murakami, Gen; Sato, Toshio J.; Ohta, Makoto (March 2006). "Which morphology of dry bone articular surfaces suggests so-called fibrous ankylosis in the elderly human sacroiliac joint?". Anatomical Science International. 81 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00126.x. PMID 16526595.
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