- Osteitis
- Osteitis is inflammation of the bone. For example, patients with what is called the SAPHO syndrome develop osteitis — the O in SAPHO stands for oteitis — and the bone inflammation typically affects the sacroiliac joints (sacroiliitis) and the spine (spondylitis). This leads to pain and stiffness in the back and neck.
* * *- alveolar o. SYN: alveoalgia.- central o. 1. SYN: osteomyelitis. 2. SYN: endosteitis.- o. condensans ilii (con-den′sanz il′e-i) symmetric benign osteosclerosis of the portion of the iliac bones adjacent to the sacroiliac joints.- condensing o. SYN: sclerosing o..- o. deformans SYN: Paget disease (1).- o. fibrosa cystica increased osteoclastic resorption of calcified bone with replacement by fibrous tissue, caused by primary hyperparathyroidism or other causes of the rapid mobilization of mineral salts. SYN: parathyroid osteosis, Recklinghausen disease of bone.- hematogenous o. any o. caused by infection carried in the bloodstream.- o. pubis osteosclerosis of the pubic bone next to the symphysis, caused by trauma to that region, from pregnancy or instrumentation.- sclerosing o. fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause; it has been considered a form of chronic nonsuppurative osteomyelitis. SYN: condensing o., Garré disease.- o. tuberculosa multiplex cystica an o. of tuberculous origin, marked by numerous small cavities in the osseous substance. SYN: Jüngling disease.
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os·te·it·ic -'it-ik adj* * *
n.inflammation of bone, due to infection, damage, or metabolic disorder. Osteitis fibrosa cystica refers to the characteristic cystic changes that occur in bones during long-standing hyperparathyroidism. See also Paget's disease.* * *
os·te·itis (os″te-iґtis) [osteo- + -itis] inflammation of a bone, involving the haversian spaces, canals, and their branches, and generally the medullary cavity, and marked by enlargement of the bone, tenderness, and a dull, aching pain. See also osteomyelitis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
