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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Osteoarthritis: Predisposing Causes



  SCFE
  Trauma
  Inflammatory arthritis
  Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Crystal Arthritis
      - these pts may have symptomatology at atypical sites of the hand such
          as the second and third MP joints;
  Osteonecrosis
  Intra-articular Steroids
  Hyperparathyroidism
      - it can cause subchondral bony erosions and collapse of the articular
          cartilage, especially at the IP, MP, and wrist joints;
  Skeletal Dsyplasias
  Developmental Dislocation of Hip:
  Ochronosis
  Hemochromatosis
      - may cause arthritis of the MP joints, wrists, shoulders, hips, and knees;
  Wilson's disease
  Thiemann's disease
  Kashin-Beck disease
  Acromegaly
  Recurrent hemarthrosis
  Neuropathic (Charcot's) arthropathy
  Heritable disorders of connective tissue




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.