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Pathologic fracture
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A pathologic fracture occurs when a bone breaks in an area that is weakened secondary to another disease process such as tumor, infection, and certain inherited bone disorders. A pathologic fracture can occur without a degree of trauma required to cause fracture in healthy bone. [ ]
Term info
Label
Pathologic fracture
Synonyms
- Spontaneous fracture
has alternative id
HP:0005633
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Pathologic fractures, Spontaneous fractures
id
HP:0002756
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
Increased susceptibility to fractures and
has modifier some abnormal and
has modifier some pathological)