Osteodystrophy

osteodystrophy

[‚äs·tē·ō′di·strə·fē] (medicine) Any defective bone formation, as in rickets or dwarfism.

Osteodystrophy

any one of a group of bone diseases that are characterized by deformity of different parts of the skeleton owing to metabolic disorders. Osteodystrophy can be parathyroid, deforming, local fibrous, toxic, or related to diseases of the internal organs; the first two types are the commonest. Spontaneous bone resorption is the extreme type of osteodystrophy.

Parathyroid osteodystrophy is an endocrine disease that develops with parathyroid tumors and with the release of excess quantities of parathyroid hormone. Considerable resorption occurs throughout the skeleton. The treatment is surgical, involving resection of the parathyroid gland. Unlike parathyroid osteodystrophy, deforming osteodystrophy affects one or only a few bones. The pathogenesis of deforming osteodystrophy is unknown, and treatment is symptomatic. Deforming osteodystrophy is conducive to the development of osteosarcomas.

osteodystrophy

[os″te-o-dis´trŏ-fe] abnormal development of bone.renal osteodystrophy a condition due to chronic kidney disease and renal failure, marked by impaired vitamin D metabolism, elevated serum phosphorus levels, low or normal serum calcium levels, and stimulation of parathyroid function. There may be any of various bone diseases, including osteitis fibrosa cystica, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and sometimes osteosclerosis. If onset is in childhood, dwarfism" >renal dwarfism may result.

os·te·o·dys·tro·phy

(os'tē-ō-dis'trō-fē), Defective formation of bone. Synonym(s): osteodystrophia [osteo- + G. dys, difficult, imperfect, + trophē, nourishment]

osteodystrophy

Orthopedics A general term for defective development of bone. See Renal Osteodystrophy.

os·te·o·dys·tro·phy

(os'tē-ō-dis'trŏ-fē) Defective formation of bone; common in dogs with chronic nephritis.
Synonym(s): osteodystrophia. [osteo- + G. dys, difficult, imperfect, + trophē, nourishment]

osteodystrophy

Defective bone formation.

os·te·o·dys·tro·phy

(os'tē-ō-dis'trŏ-fē) Defective formation of bone. [osteo- + G. dys, difficult, imperfect, + trophē, nourishment]

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