avascular necrosis of bone
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Avascular necrosis — Classification and external resources Femur head showing a flap of cartilage (osteochondritis dissecans) due to avascular necrosis. Specimen from total hip replacement surgery … Wikipedia
Avascular necrosis — Condition in which poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. Also called avascular necrosis and osteonecrosis. * * * avascular necrosis n necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by… … Medical dictionary
avascular necrosis — noun A disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones, causing bone tissue death and bone collapse. Syn: osteonecrosis, aseptic necrosis, ischemic bone necrosis … Wiktionary
avascular necrosis — noun : necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by traumatic injury or disease) and marked by severe pain in the affected region and by weakened bone that may flatten and collapse … Useful english dictionary
avascular necrosis — noun Date: 1953 necrosis of bone tissue due to impaired or disrupted blood supply (as that caused by traumatic injury or disease) … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bone disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 M80 M90 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
bone scan — an imaging investigation of the musculoskeletal system using radioactive tracers. Technetium 99m phosphate is injected intravenously and absorbed into the hydroxyapatite crystals of bone. It concentrates in areas of increased blood flow and… … The new mediacal dictionary
Scaphoid bone — Bone: scaphoid bone Shown is the right hand, palm down (left) and palm up (right). Proximal: A=Scaphoid, B=Lunate, C=Triquetral, D=Pisiform Distal: E=Trapezium, F=Trapezoid, G=Capitate, H=Hamate 1 … Wikipedia
necrosis — Pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage; earliest irreversible changes are mitochondrial, consisting of swelling and granular calcium deposits seen by … Medical dictionary
Paget's disease of bone — For other diseases named after Paget, see Paget s disease (disambiguation). Paget s disease of bone Classification and external resources This 92 year old male patient presented for assessment of acute hemiparesis. An incidental finding was… … Wikipedia
