bone deformities
Misshapen skeletal structures
Bone deformities are abnormal shapes or structural irregularities in bones, whether present from birth or developing later through disease, injury, or nutritional deficiency.
The term covers conditions ranging from bowed legs to spinal curvature to malformed joints: The rickets caused severe bone deformities in her legs.
Treatment may involve bracing, surgery, or addressing underlying causes.
- clubfootInborn foot deformity
- pigeon toedFeet turned inward
- flat feetAbsent pedal arches
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- skeletalOf or like bones
fractures · vitamin D deficiency · calcium deficiency · kyphosis · bunions · bowlegs · bow legs · scoliosis · hyperparathyroidism · lordosis · knock-knees · polydactyly · birth defects · crooked · gnarled · hunched · orthopedic · joint pain
- Bone Diseasesosteoporosis, osteomyelitis, osteosarcoma, osteonecrosis, osteopenia
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- deficienciesdeficiency, deficit, lack, shortage, insufficiency
- blood disordersanemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukemia
- Neurofibromatosisfreckling