Medicine:Bone erosion

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Bone erosion
X-ray of right fourth PIP joint with bone erosions by rheumatoid arthritis.jpg
Bone erosions by rheumatoid arthritis.[1]
SpecialtyOrthopedics

Bone erosion is the loss of bone from disease processes. Erosive arthritis is joint inflammation (arthritis) with bone destruction, and such conditions include rheumatoid arthritis.[2] Bone erosion is the loss of bone in a certain area, rather than a change in bone density, which is found in osteoporosis. Surprisingly, bone erosion is not common in osteoarthritis, although there is a subtype of osteoarthritis (erosive osteoarthritis) that may result in bone erosion.[3]

References

  1. Ideguchi, Haruko; Ohno, Shigeru; Hattori, Hideaki; Senuma, Akiko; Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki (2006). "Bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis can be repaired through reduction in disease activity with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs". Arthritis Research & Therapy 8 (3): R76. doi:10.1186/ar1943. ISSN 1478-6354. PMID 16646983. 
  2. jblack03 (9 July 2012). "Osteoarthritis". http://www.orthop.washington.edu/?q=patient-care/articles/arthritis/osteoarthritis.html. 
  3. Ulusoy, Hasan; Akgöl, Gürkan; Acet, Günseli KARACA; Kaya, Arzu; Kamanli, Ayhan (2011). "Erosive Osteoarthritis: Presentation of a Treatment-Resistant Case". Archives of Rheumatology 26 (1): 053–057. doi:10.5606/tjr.2011.008. ISSN 2148-5046. https://archivesofrheumatology.org/full-text/389. 

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