A pathologic fracture occurs when a bone breaks in an area that is weakened secondarily 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. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]

Synonyms: Spontaneous fracture

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database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0016663
  • SNOMEDCT_US:22640007
  • SNOMEDCT_US:268029009
layperson term
Spontaneous fracture

has alternative id

HP:0005633

has related synonym

Pathologic fractures

Spontaneous fractures

id

HP:0002756

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