Bone erosion

Medical condition

Bone erosion

Bone erosions by rheumatoid arthritis.[1]
Specialty| Orthopedics

Bone erosion is the loss of bone from disease processes. Erosive arthritis is joint inflammation (arthritis) with bone destruction, and such conditions include rheumatoid arthritis.[2] Bone erosion is the loss of bone in a certain area, rather than a change in bone density, which is found in osteoporosis. Surprisingly, bone erosion is not common in osteoarthritis, although there is a subtype of osteoarthritis (erosive osteoarthritis) that may result in bone erosion.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Ideguchi, Haruko; Ohno, Shigeru; Hattori, Hideaki; Senuma, Akiko; Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki (2006). "Bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis can be repaired through reduction in disease activity with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs". Arthritis Research & Therapy. 8 (3): R76. doi:10.1186/ar1943. ISSN 1478-6354. PMC 1526642. PMID 16646983.
2. ^ jblack03 (9 July 2012). "Osteoarthritis". Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Ulusoy, Hasan; Akgöl, Gürkan; Acet, Günseli KARACA; Kaya, Arzu; Kamanli, Ayhan (2011). "Erosive Osteoarthritis: Presentation of a Treatment-Resistant Case". Archives of Rheumatology. 26 (1): 053–057\. doi:10.5606/tjr.2011.008. ISSN 2148-5046.

## External links

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* Erosive arthritis (differential) at Radiopaedia