Difference between revisions of "Osteoarthritis"

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*Advanced age.
*Advanced age.
*Trauma.
*Trauma.
*Unusual loading (bony misalignment, obesity).  
*Unusual loading (bony misalignment, [[obesity]]).  


==Gross pathology/radiology==
==Gross pathology/radiology==
Features:<ref name=pmid11476273>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Swagerty | first1 = DL. | last2 = Hellinger | first2 = D. | title = Radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 64 | issue = 2 | pages = 279-86 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11476273 | url= http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p279.html }}</ref>
Features - joints (internal):<ref name=pmid11476273>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Swagerty | first1 = DL. | last2 = Hellinger | first2 = D. | title = Radiographic assessment of osteoarthritis. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 64 | issue = 2 | pages = 279-86 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11476273 | url= http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0715/p279.html }}</ref>
#Loss of cartilage, especially asymmetrical.  
#Loss of cartilage, especially asymmetrical.  
#*Marble-like appearance - polished appearance known as ''eburnation''.
#*Marble-like appearance - polished appearance known as ''eburnation''.
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**They tend to form in areas with high loading.
**They tend to form in areas with high loading.
*Subchondral cysts are also seen in [[rheumatoid arthritis]].<ref name=pmid404905/>
*Subchondral cysts are also seen in [[rheumatoid arthritis]].<ref name=pmid404905/>
Clinical findings (external):
*Heberden's node - swelling of distal interphalangeal joints.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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