pseudofracture

pseudofracture

 [soo″do-frak´chur]
radiographic appearance of a thickened periosteum and new bone formation over what looks like an incomplete fracture.

pseu·do·frac·ture

(sū'dō-frak'chūr),
A condition in which a radiograph shows formation of new bone with thickening of periosteum at site of an injury to bone.

pseudofracture

/pseu·do·frac·ture/ (-frak´cher) a condition seen in the radiograph of a bone as a thickening of the periosteum and formation of new bone over what looks like an incomplete fracture.

pseudofracture

[-frak′chər]
Etymology: Gk, pseudes, false; L, fractura
radiological evidence of a thickened periosteum and new bone formation over what looks like an incomplete fracture.

pseudofracture

Looser zone A thin radiolucent line that mimics a true fracture and which is quasipathognomonic for osteomalacia in the adult, characterized by complex bony lesions typical of advanced renal failure. Cf Fracture.

pseu·do·frac·ture

(sū'dō-frak'shŭr)
A condition in which a radiograph shows formation of new bone with thickening of periosteum at the site of an injury to bone.

pseudofracture

radiological appearance of a thickened periosteum and new bone formation over what looks like an incomplete fracture.
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