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Osteitis
Osteitis is inflammation of bone. More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions: * Osteomyelitis, or infectious osteitis, mainly bacterial osteitis * Alveolar osteitis or "dry socket" * Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans) * Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone) * Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone) * Osteitis pubis * Radiation osteitis ** Osteitis condensans ilii * Panosteitis, a long bone condition in large breed dogs * In horses, pedal osteitis is frequently confused with laminitis.
Article summary
Osteitis is inflammation of bone. More specifically, it can refer to one of the following conditions: * Osteomyelitis, or infectious osteitis, mainly bacterial osteitis * Alveolar osteitis or "dry socket" * Condensing osteitis (or Osteitis condensans) * Osteitis deformans (or Paget's disease of bone) * Osteitis fibrosa cystica (or Osteitis fibrosa, or Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone) * Osteitis pubis * Radiation osteitis ** Osteitis condensans ilii * Panosteitis, a long bone condition in large breed dogs * In horses, pedal osteitis is frequently confused with laminitis.
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