Osteolysis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2] Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.
Overview
Osteolysis is the softening, absorption and destruction of bony tissue.
Causes
Common Causes
- Acroosteolysis
- Adamantinoma
- Aging
- Bone tumors
- Chondroblastoma
- Chondromyxoid fibroma
- Chronic inflammation
- Cleidocranial dysplasia
- Craniomandibular dermatodysostosis
- Desmoplastic fibroma
- Enchondroma
- Enchondromatosis
- Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
- Ewing sarcoma
- Gorham vanishing bone disease
- Hairy cell leukaemia
- Hajdu-cheney syndrome
- Idiopathic multicentric osteolysis
- Myeloma
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
- Polyostotic osteolytic expansile dysplasia
- Pyknodysostosis
- Reiter syndrome
- Subchondral stress fracture
- Torg-winchester syndrome
- Van bogaert-hozay syndrome
Causes by Organ System
Cause in Alphabetical Order
Differential Diagnosis
In alphabetical order. [1] [2]
- Bone hemangioendothelioma
- Central Chondroma
- Chondromatosis
- Hand-Schuller-Christian Disease
- Eosinophillic bone granulation tumor
- Extraosseous soft tissue tumor
- Leukemia
- Lymphogranuloma
- Metastases
- Multiple Myeloma
- Osteolytic sarcoma
- Syphillitic gumma
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