Bone pain & pathologic fractures
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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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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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