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Swollen bone

Swollen bone: Introduction

Swollen bone: Enlarged, swollen, or misshapen bones. See detailed information below for a list of 213 causes of Swollen bone, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Swollen bone:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Swollen bone. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Bone callus
• Subperiosteal hematoma
• Acute osteomyelitis (type of Osteomyelitis)
• Chronic osteomyelitis (type of Osteomyelitis)
• Rickets
• Poorly healed fracture
• Acromegaly - causes bone enlargement.
• Paget's disease of bone
• Bone tumor
• Cartilage tumor
• Bone cancer
• Cartilage cancer
• Tuberculosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 213 causes of Swollen bone

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Swollen bone

Home medical tests possibly related to Swollen bone:

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Causes of Types of Swollen bone:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Swollen bone:

• Bone changes (235 causes)
• Rickets (64 causes)
• more types...»

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Swollen bone: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Swollen bone, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Swollen bone and Skeletal symptoms (231 causes)
• Swollen bone and Bone symptoms (227 causes)
• Swollen bone and Swelling symptoms (227 causes)
• Swollen bone and Bone changes (200 causes)
• Swollen bone and Nerve symptoms (155 causes)
• Swollen bone and Body symptoms (133 causes)
• Swollen bone and Developmental problems (130 causes)
• Swollen bone and Head symptoms (121 causes)
• Swollen bone and Face symptoms (113 causes)
• Swollen bone and Growth symptoms (111 causes)
• Swollen bone and Musculoskeletal symptoms (109 causes)
• Swollen bone and Pain (108 causes)
• Swollen bone and Poor growth (105 causes)
• Swollen bone and Sensations (104 causes)
• Swollen bone and Sensory symptoms (103 causes)
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Swollen bone Treatments

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Stories from Users for Swollen bone

Real-life user stories relating to Swollen bone:

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Message Boards for Swollen bone

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Swollen bone: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Swollen bone may include these symptoms:

• Skeletal symptoms
• Bone symptoms
• Swelling symptoms
• Bone changes
• Nerve symptoms
• Body symptoms
• Developmental problems
• Head symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Growth symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Bone symptoms (2907 causes)
• Bone changes (235 causes)
• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
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• Swollen (3730 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Swollen bone

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Swollen bone:

• Bone injury
• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
• Bone pain (272 causes)
• Edema (208 causes)
• Fractures (149 causes)
• Bone callus
• Subperiosteal hematoma
• Acute osteomyelitis
• Chronic osteomyelitis
• Rickets (64 causes)
• Poorly healed fracture
• Acromegaly (15 causes)
• Paget's disease of bone
• Bone tumor
• Cartilage tumor
• more symptoms...»

Swollen bone: Deaths

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Swollen bone: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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Organs affected by Swollen bone:

The list of organs typically affected by Swollen bone may include, but is not limited to:

• Bone

Detailed list of causes of Swollen bone

The list below shows some of the causes of Swollen bone mentioned in various sources:

• Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome - rickets
• Achondrogenesis type 1A - skeletal abnormalities
• Achondrogenesis, type 3 - bone abnormalities
• Acid phosphatase deficiency - rickets
• Acrocephalopolydactyly II - bone abnormalities
• more causes...»

See full list of 213 causes of Swollen bone

How Common are these Causes of Swollen bone?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Swollen bone. Of the 213 causes of Swollen bone that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 2 causes are "common" diseases
• 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 3 causes are "rare" diseases
• 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 203 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 213 causes of Swollen bone

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Swollen bone:

The following list of conditions have 'Swollen bone' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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A

• Abderhalden-Kaufmann-Lignac syndrome ... rickets
• Achondrogenesis type 1A ... skeletal abnormalities
• Achondrogenesis, type 3 ... bone abnormalities
• Acid phosphatase deficiency ... rickets
• Acrocephalopolydactyly II ... bone abnormalities
• Acromegaly ... bone overgrowth
• Adult hypophosphatasia ... childhood rickets, bone deformities
• Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy ... skeletal abnormalities
• Alpha-mannosidosis type II ... skeletal abnormalities
• Alpha-mannosidosis, adult-onset form ... skeletal abnormalities
• Angio-osteohypotrophic syndrome ... bone deformity
• Avitaminosis ... rickets
• Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly -- hydrocephaly -- skeletal abnormalities ... skeletal abnormalities

B

• Baber's syndrome ... rickets
• Bartter Syndrome ... rickets
• Bartter's syndrome, antenatal type 1 ... rickets
• Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 ... rickets
• Beemer-Ertbruggen syndrome ... increased bone density
• Bessel-Hagen disease ... bone deformity
• Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 2 ... rickets
• Bile acid synthesis defects ... rickets
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 1 ... rickets
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 2 ... rickets
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 3 ... rickets
• Bile acid synthesis defects, congenital, 4 ... rickets
• Bone dysplasia Azouz type ... bone deformities

C

• CDG syndrome type 4 ... skeletal abnormalities
• CDG syndrome type I ... skeletal abnormalities
• Cerebellar hypoplasia -- endosteal sclerosis ... increased bone density
• Cerebro-oculo-dento-auriculo-skeletal syndrome ... bone abnormalities
• Childhood hypophosphatasia ... rickets
• Chondrodysplasia, type Nance-Sweeney ... skeletal abnormalities
• Chondrodystrophy ... skeletal abnormalities
• Chondromatosis (benign) ... bone deformity
• Christian-Demyer-Franken syndrome ... long bones
• Chromosome 21 Ring ... skeletal abnormalities
• Coffin-Lowry syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Congenital Lipomatous Overgrowth, Vascular Malformations, Epidermal Nevi, and Skeletal/Spinal abnormalities ... skeletal abnormalities
• Connective tissue disorders ... bones too short, bones too long
• Copper deficiency, familial benign ... bone abnormalities
• Cutis laxa, recessive ... bone abnormalities
• Cutis laxa, recessive type 1 ... bone abnormalities
• Cutis laxa, recessive type 2 ... bone abnormalities

D

• Deafness -- skeletal dysplasia -- lip granuloma ... skeletal abnormalities
• Deafness conductive -- ptosis -- skeletal anomalies ... skeletal abnormalities
• Diaphyseal aclasis ... bone deformity, bone overgrowth

E

• Ear, patella, short stature syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Elephant man in context of NF ... bone changes
• Emanuel syndrome ... bone deformities
• Empty Sella Syndrome ... increased bone density
• Enchondromatosis (benign) ... bone deformity
• Epidermal nevus -- vitamin D resistant rickets ... skeletal abnormalities
• Epilepsy -- microcephaly -- skeletal dysplasia ... skeletal abnormalities

F

• Factor IX Deficiency ... Bone deformities
• Familial hypertryptophanemia ... skeletal abnormalities
• Fanconi renotubular syndrome ... bone deformity, rickets
• Fanconi syndrome ... bone deformities, rickets
• Faye-Petersen-Ward-Carey syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Fibrous Dysplasia ... bone deformities
• Fraser-Jequier-Chen syndrome ... bone deformities

G

• Gurrieri-Sammito-Bellussi syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities

H

• Haferkamp syndrome ... bone deformity
• Hemophilia B ... bone deformities
• Hereditary primary Fanconi disease ... rickets
• Homocystinuria ... skeletal abnormalities
• Homocystinuria due to defect in methylation cbl e ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Hutterite cerebroosteonephrodysplasia syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Hyperostosis cortical infantile ... bone changes
• Hypersecretion of growth hormone ... bone overgrowth
• Hypertryptophanemia ... skeletal abnormalities
• Hypophosphatemia, Familial ... rickets
• Hypophosphatemic rickets ... skeletal abnormalities, rickets
• Hypothalamic hamartomas ... skeletal abnormalities

I

• Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... bone abnormalities
• Infantile hypophosphatasia ... rickets, bent bones
• Intellectual deficit -- cataracts -- calcified pinnae -- myopathy ... bone abnormalities
• Intrauterine growth retardation -- metaphyseal dysplasia -- adrenal hypoplasia congenita -- genital anomalies ... skeletal abnormalities

J

• Juvenile Paget's Disease ... enlarged bones, bone deformities

K

• Klinefelter syndrome variant ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Klinefelter syndrome, variants ... skeletal abnormalities

L

• Lightwood-Albright syndrome ... bone deformities, rickets
• Lobstein disease ... bone deformity
• Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome ... rickets
• Lowe Syndrome ... Rickets

M

• Manz syndrome ... rickets
• Marfan syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities, long bones
• MASA Syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• McCune-Albright Syndrome ... bone deformity, rickets
• Mental retardation cataracts calcified pinnae myopathy ... bone abnormalities
• Metabolic disorders ... bone abnormalities
• Methotrexate -- Teratogenic Agent ... bone abnormalities
• Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1 ... skeletal abnormalities
• Mucopolysaccharidosis VII ... skeletal irregularities
• Multiple Hereditary Exostoses ... bone deformity
• Multiple pterygium syndrome lethal type ... long bones
• Multiple Skeletal abnormalities with Anterior Segment Anomalies of the Eye and Early Lethality ... skeletal abnormalities
• Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Myopathy, limb-girdle, with bone fragility ... bone abnormalities

N

• Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF-1) ... bone deformities, bone abnormalities
• Neurofibromatosis-1 ... bone deformities, bone abnormalities

O

• Ollier Disease ... bone deformities
• Oncogenic hypophosphatemic osteomalacia ... rickets
• OSMED, Homozygous ... skeletal abnormalities
• Ossified Ear cartilages with Mental deficiency, Muscle Wasting and Bony Changes ... bone abnormalities
• Osteochondroses ... bone deformity
• Osteodysplastic dwarfism, Corsello type ... skeletal abnormalities
• Osteopetrosis ... increased bone density
• Osteopetrosis lethal ... increased bone density
• Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 2 ... bone deformities
• Osteopetrosis, intermediate form ... increased bone density
• Osteopetrosis, mild autosomal recessive form ... increased bone density
• Osteosclerosis -- ichthyosis -- premature ovarian failure ... increased bone density
• Osteosclerosis with ichthyosis and premature ovarian failure ... increased bone density
• Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive ... skeletal abnormalities
• Oto-spondylo-megaepiphyseal dysplasia, homozygous ... skeletal abnormalities
• Otoonychoperoneal syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia ... skeletal abnormalities

P

• Paget's disease of bone ... enlarged bones, bone deformities
• Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease ... skeletal deformation
• Peripheral type neurofibromatosis ... Bone deformities, Bone abnormalities
• Pierre Robin syndrome skeletal dysplasia polydactyly ... skeletal abnormalities
• Pointer syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Polyostotic osteolytic dysplasia, hereditary expansile ... bone deformity
• Primerose syndrome ... bone abnormalities
• Primrose Syndrome ... bone abnormalities
• Pseudophosphatasia ... rickets, bent bones
• Pterygium syndrome, X-linked ... skeletal abnormalities
• Pycnodysostosis ... increased bone density
• Pyknoachondrogenesis ... increased bone density
• Pyknodysostosis ... Increased bone density

R

• Raine syndrome ... increased bone density
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome ... bone changes
• Refsum Disease ... bone changes
• Renal osteodystrophy ... rickets, bent bones
• Renal Tubular Acidosis ... rickets
• Renal tubulopathy -- diabetes mellitus -- cerebellar ataxia ... rickets
• Robinow Syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Roy-Maroteaux-Kremp syndrome ... bone abnormalities, increased bone density

S

• Sarrouy disease ... rickets
• SCARF syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Short stature, Brussels type ... skeletal abnormalities
• Skeletal dysplasia -- coarse facies -- mental retardation ... skeletal abnormalities
• Slavotinek hurst syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Slavotinek-Pike-Mills-Hurst syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities
• Spastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant ... skeletal abnormalities
• Sphingolipidosis ... skeletal abnormalities
• Spinal muscular atrophy, Ryukyuan type ... skeletal abnormalities
• Sulfatidosis juvenile, Austin type ... skeletal abnormalities
• Syphilis -- Teratogenic Agent ... bone abnormalities

T

• TDO type II ... increased bone density
• Toni-Fanconi syndrome type 1 ... rickets
• Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome ... increased bone density
• Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome II ... Increased bone density
• Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome type ... Increased bone density
• Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome type I ... increased bone density
• Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 3 ... skeletal abnormalities
• Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type III ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Trisomy 10 mosaicism ... skeletal abnormalities
• Trisomy 18 mosaicism ... bone abnormalities
• Trisomy 4 mosaicism ... skeletal abnormalities
• Turner Syndrome ... skeletal abnormalities

U

• Uniparental disomy ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy 13 ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy of 11 ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy of 13 ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy of 2 ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy of 6 ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Uniparental disomy, paternal, chromosome 14 ... Skeletal abnormalities

V

• Vitamin D deficiency ... rickets

W

• Wildervanck syndrome ... Skeletal abnormalities
• Wilson's Disease ... bone changes

Conditions listing medical complications: Swollen bone:

The following list of medical conditions have Swollen bone or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

B

• Bessel-Hagen disease ... bone deformities
• Bile acid synthesis defect, congenital, 4 ... rickets

C

• Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis ... bone deformity
• CRMO, juvenile ... bone deformities
• Cutis laxa -- osteoporosis ... bone deformity

D

• Dent syndrome ... rickets
• Dent's disease ... rickets

E

• Exostoses, multiple, type 1 ... bone deformities
• Exostoses, multiple, type 2 ... bone deformities
• Exostoses, multiple, type 3 ... bone deformities

F

• Familial Expansile Osteolysis ... bone deformity

G

• Growth plate injuries ... crooked bone growth

H

• Hip Replacement ... heterotopic bone formation

M

• Majeed syndrome ... bone deformity
• McCune-Albright Syndrome ... bone deformity, rickets

N

• Nephrolithiasis type 1 ... rickets
• Nephrolithiasis type 2 ... rickets

O

• Osteitis ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 1 ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 2 ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 3 ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 4 ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 5 ... bone deformity
• Osteoarthritis Susceptibility 6 ... bone deformity

R

• Renal osteodystrophy ... renal rickets, bone deformities
• Renal tubular acidosis progressive nerve deafness ... rickets
• Renal tubular acidosis, distal ... rickets
• Renal tubular acidosis, distal -- type I ... rickets
• Renal tubular acidosis, distal -- type III ... rickets

S

• Sickle Cell Anemia ... bone deformity

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Causes of Swollen bone Based on Risk Factors

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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Swollen bone?

Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Swollen bone, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.

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• Orthopaedic surgeon
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Classifications of Swollen bone:

Subtypes of Swollen bone:

Bone changes (235 causes), Rickets (64 causes)

Medical Conditions associated with Swollen bone:

Bone symptoms (2907 causes), Bone changes (235 causes), Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Skeletal symptoms (4109 causes)

Symptoms related to Swollen bone:

Bone injury, Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Bone pain (272 causes), Edema (208 causes), Fractures (149 causes), Bone callus, Subperiosteal hematoma, Acute osteomyelitis, Chronic osteomyelitis, Rickets (64 causes), Poorly healed fracture, Acromegaly (15 causes), Paget's disease of bone, Bone tumor, Cartilage tumor

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