Bone disease

Bone disease
Specialty	Rheumatology

Bone disease refers to the medical conditions which affect the bone.

Terminology

Further information: Osteopathy

A bone disease is also called an "osteopathy", but because the term osteopathy is often used to refer to an alternative health-care philosophy, use of the term can cause some confusion.

Bone and cartilage disorders

Main article: Osteochondrodysplasia

Osteochondrodysplasia is a general term for a disorder of the development of bone and cartilage.

List

A

• Ambe
• Avascular necrosis or Osteonecrosis
• Arthritis

B

• Bone spur (Osteophytes)
• Colon cancer

C

• Craniosynostosis
• Coffin–Lowry syndrome

F

• Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
• Fibrous dysplasia
• Fong disease (or Nail–patella syndrome)
• Fracture

G

• Giant cell tumor of bone
• Greenstick fracture
• Gout

H

• Hypophosphatasia
• Hereditary multiple exostoses

K

• Klippel–Feil syndrome

M

• Metabolic bone disease
• Multiple myeloma

N

• Nail–patella syndrome

O

• Osteitis
• Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone)
• Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
• Osteitis pubis
• Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensas)
• Osteochondritis dissecans
• Osteochondroma (bone tumor)
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Osteomalacia
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteopenia
• Osteopetrosis
• Osteoporosis

P

• Porotic hyperostosis
• Primary hyperparathyroidism

R

• Renal osteodystrophy

S

• Salter–Harris fracture
• Scoliosis

W

• Water on the knee

See also

• Osteoimmunology

External links

• https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonediseases.html