Pathologic Function
pseudarthrosis
Subclass of:
Fractures, Ununited
Definitions related to pseudarthrosis:
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A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(pseudoarthrosis) A pathologic entity characterized by a developmental defect in a long bone leading to bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form a normal bony callus with subsequent fibrous nonunion, leading to the pseudarthrosis (or false joint")." [HPO:probinson]Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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