- Chondritis
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Chondritis is inflammation of cartilage.[1]
It takes several forms, osteochondritis, costochondritis among them. Costochondritis is notable for feeling like a heart attack.
References
- ^ "Chondritis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
See also
Chondropathy
Perichondritis, commonly involving the outer ear
Relapsing polychondritisOsteochondropathy (M80–M94, 730–733) Osteopathies endocrine bone disease: Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Brown tumor)infectious bone disease: Osteomyelitis (Sequestrum, Involucrum) · Sesamoiditis · Brodie abscess · PeriostitisBone density
and structureDensity / metabolic bone diseaseContinuity of boneOtherFibrous dysplasia (Monostotic, Polyostotic) · Skeletal fluorosis · bone cyst (Aneurysmal bone cyst) · Hyperostosis (Infantile cortical hyperostosis) · Osteosclerosis (Melorheostosis)OtherChondropathies ChondritisOtherBoth lower limb: hip (Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome) · tibia (Osgood-Schlatter disease, Blount's disease) · foot (Köhler disease, Sever's disease)Categories:- Rheumatology
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