Causes of Bone conditions
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Primary malignant bone tumors:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Causes of primary malignant bone tumors are unknown. Some researchers suggest that primary malignant bone tumors arise in areas of rapid growth because children and young adults with such tumors seem to be much taller than average. Additional theories point to heredity, trauma, and excessive radiotherapy.
For incidence information, see Comparing primary malignant bone tumors.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Osteoporosis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The cause of primary osteoporosis is unknown; however, a mild but prolonged negative calcium balance, resulting from an inadequate dietary intake of calcium, may be an important contributing factor — as may declining gonadal or adrenal function, faulty protein metabolism due to estrogen deficiency, and sedentary lifestyle. Causes of secondary osteoporosis are many: prolonged therapy with steroids or heparin, total immobilization or disuse of a bone (as with hemiplegia, for example), alcoholism, malnutrition, malabsorption, scurvy, lactose intolerance, osteogenesis imperfecta, Sudeck’s atrophy (localized to hands and feet, with recurring attacks), and endocrine disorders (hypopituitarism, acromegaly, thyrotoxicosis, long-standing diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism).
The incidence of osteoporosis is high, with an estimated 10 million U.S. residents suffering from osteoporosis and another 18 million suffering from low bone mass, or osteopenia. Incidence is higher in women than in men, with women older than age 50 accounting for 20% of cases. Another 30% of women have osteopenia, which can deteriorate into osteoporosis.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Bone tumors, primary malignant:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
Although some cases of osteosarcoma are associated with genetic abnormalities (retinoblastoma, Rothmund Thomson syndrome) or exposure to carcinogens (such as ingested radium in watch dial painters), most cases have no immediately apparent cause. Ewing’s sarcoma cells demonstrate a characteristic translocation of genetic material from chromosome 22 to chromosome 11. Additional theories point to heredity, trauma, and excessive radiation therapy.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Osteoporosis:
Causes
(Handbook of Diseases)
The cause of primary osteoporosis is unknown; however, a mild but prolonged negative calcium balance, resulting from an inadequate dietary intake of calcium, may be an important contributing factor — as may declining gonadal adrenal function, faulty protein metabolism due to estrogen deficiency, and a sedentary lifestyle.
Causes of secondary osteoporosis include prolonged therapy with steroids or heparin, total immobilization or disuse of a bone (as with hemiplegia, for example), alcoholism, malnutrition, malabsorption, scurvy, lactose intolerance, hyperthyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta, and Sudeck’s atrophy (localized to hands and feet, with recurring attacks).
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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