Bone
Non-neoplastic or metabolic disease
Renal osteodystrophy
Revised: 27 December 2018
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PubMed Search: Renal osteodystrophy[title]
Non-neoplastic or metabolic disease
Renal osteodystrophy
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 July 2013
Revised: 27 December 2018
Copyright: (c) 2003-2018, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Renal osteodystrophy[title]
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Definition / generalCite this page: Pernick N Renal osteodystrophy. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bonerenalosteo.html. Accessed May 30th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Skeletal changes of chronic renal disease (see also hyperparathyroidism)
- Increased osteoclastic bone resorption resembling osteitis fibrosa cystica
- Associated with osteomalacia, osteosclerosis, growth retardation, osteoporosis
