| Osteitis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Rheumatology  |
Osteitis is inflammation of bone. More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions:
- Osteomyelitis, or infectious osteitis, mainly bacterial osteitis[1]
- Alveolar osteitis or "dry socket"[2]
- Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans)
- Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone)[3]
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)
- Osteitis pubis
- Radiation osteitis
- Osteitis condensans ilii
- Panosteitis, a long bone condition in large breed dogs[4]
- In horses, pedal osteitis is frequently confused with laminitis.
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References[edit]
- ^ "Osteomyelitis". The Lecturio Medical Concept Library. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Neville, BW; Damm, DD; Allen, CM; Bouquot, JE (2002). Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. p. 133. ISBN 0721690033.
- ^ "Paget's Disease of Bone". The Lecturio Medical Concept Library. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ Frawley, Ed. "Panosteitis or PANO" (PDF). Leerberg Enterprises. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
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