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Joint Diseases

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Guide Notes: GEN; prefer specifics; inflamm dis = ARTHRITIS
Joint Diseases Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Ankylosis - Fixation and immobility of a joint.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Arthralgia - Pain in the joint.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Arthritis
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Arthrogryposis - Persistent flexure or contracture of a joint. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Arthropathy, Neurogenic - Chronic progressive degeneration of the stress-bearing portion of a joint, with bizarre hypertrophic changes at the periphery. It is probably a complication of a variety of neurologic disorders, particularly TABES DORSALIS, involving loss of sensation, which leads to relaxation of supporting structures and chronic instability of the joint. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bursitis - Inflammation of a bursa, occasionally accompanied by a calcific deposit in the underlying supraspinatus tendon. The most common site is the subdeltoid bursa. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Chondromatosis, Synovial - Rare, benign, chronic, progressive metaplasia in which cartilage is formed in the synovial membranes of joints, tendon sheaths, or bursae. Some of the metaplastic foci can become detached producing loose bodies. When the loose bodies undergo secondary calcification, the condition is called synovial osteochondromatosis.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Contracture
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hemarthrosis - Bleeding into the joints. It may arise from trauma or spontaneously in patients with hemophilia.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hip Dislocation, Congenital - Congenital dislocation of the hip generally includes subluxation of the femoral head, acetabular dysplasia, and complete dislocation of the femoral head from the true acetabulum. This condition occurs in approximately 1 in 1000 live births and is more common in females than in males.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hydrarthrosis - Accumulation of watery fluid in the cavity of a joint. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Joint Deformities, Acquired - Deformities acquired after birth as the result of injury or disease. The joint deformity is often associated with rheumatoid arthritis and leprosy.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Joint Instability - Lack of stability of a joint or joint prosthesis. Factors involved are intra-articular disease and integrity of extra-articular structures such as joint capsule, ligaments, and muscles.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Joint Loose Bodies - Fibrous, bony, cartilaginous and osteocartilaginous fragments in a synovial joint. Major causes are osteochondritis dissecans, synovial chondromatosis, osteophytes, fractured articular surfaces and damaged menisci.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Shoulder Impingement Syndrome - Compression of the rotator cuff tendons and subacromial bursa between the humeral head and structures that make up the coracoacromial arch and the humeral tuberosities. This condition is associated with subacromial bursitis and rotator cuff (largely supraspinatus) and bicipital tendon inflammation, with or without degenerative changes in the tendon. Pain that is most severe when the arm is abducted in an arc between 40 and 120 degrees, sometimes associated with tears in the rotator cuff, is the chief symptom. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes and Eponymic Diseases, 2d ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Synovitis - Inflammation of a synovial membrane. It is usually painful, particularly on motion, and is characterized by a fluctuating swelling due to effusion within a synovial sac. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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