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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Joint Loose Bodies

Preferred term

Joint Loose Bodies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Joint Loose Body
  • Loose Bodies, Joint
  • Loose Body, Joint

Note

  • note category: "fragments in a synovial joint"

Scope note

  • Fibrous, bony, cartilaginous and osteocartilaginous fragments in a synovial joint. Major causes are osteochondritis dissecans, synovial chondromatosis, osteophytes, fractured articular surfaces and damaged menisci.

History note

  • 91(83); was see under JOINT DISEASES 1983-90

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • corpus liberum articulationis
  • mus articularis
  • nivelen irtokappale
  • nivelensisäinen irtokappale
  • nivelensisäiset irtokappaleet
  • nivelten irtokappaleet
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007594

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