Diagnosaurus
Bone pain & pathologic fractures
DDx
- Osteoporosis (fracture)
- Malignancy, primary or metastatic (fracture)
- Hyperparathyroidism (bone pain)
- Hyperthyroidism (osteopenia)
- Cushing’s syndrome (osteopenia)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (fracture)
- Osteomalacia or rickets (bowing and pseudofractures)
- Multiple myeloma (bone pain, fracture)
- Paget’s disease (bone pain)
- Leukemia (bone pain)
- Gaucher disease (fracture)
- Beta thalassemia (fracture)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Bone Pain & Pathologic Fractures." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114296/all/Bone_pain_&_pathologic_fractures.
Zeiger RFR. Bone pain & pathologic fractures. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114296/all/Bone_pain_&_pathologic_fractures. Accessed May 2, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Bone pain & pathologic fractures. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114296/all/Bone_pain_&_pathologic_fractures
Zeiger RFR. Bone Pain & Pathologic Fractures [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 02]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114296/all/Bone_pain_&_pathologic_fractures.
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