A pathologic fracture is a bone fracture caused by disease that led to weakness of the bone structure. This process is most commonly due to osteoporosis, but may also be due to other pathologies such as: cancer, infection, inherited bone disorders,or a bone cyst. Only a small number of conditions are commonly responsible for pathological fractures...
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A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
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A fracture occurring at a site weakened by preexisting disease, especially neoplasm or necrosis, of the bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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one due to weakening of the bone structure by pathologic processes such as neoplasia or osteomalacia. Called also spontaneous fracture.
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A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
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A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a fracture occurring at a site weakened by preexisting disease, especially neoplasm or necrosis, of the bone.
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Pathologic fracture: A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic fractures are characteristic of metastatic lung and breast cancer and myeloma.Common Misspellings: pathologic facture
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