Sentences with phrase «abnormal bone»

This affects muscles and bones and can cause abnormal bone growth, particularly noticeable on the spine and neck region.

Chronic overexposure to fluoride can result in weakened bones or abnormal bone growths as well as chronic gastric disorders.

Choosing a breed of pet that has been bred for abnormal bone structure such as bulldogs or Persian cats mean that arthritis will occur sooner than if a more wolf - like or feral cat breed had been picked.

Large breeds fed excess calcium are more likely to suffer from developmental bone disease such as osteochondrosis (abnormal bone growth).

We do not know the precise cause of malignant cancers of bones in dogs but abnormal bone cell growth and unusual hormone stimulation may be involved.

The most common cause of forelimb lameness is elbow dysplasia, a genetic disorder that causes abnormal bone growth in the dog's elbow.

The cause can be abnormal bone or joint development, instability of the surrounding ligaments and tendons, damage or injury to the joint, an infection, or injury caused by the immune system.

Bone cancer The most common type of bone cancer in dogs is osteosarcoma, which typically affects older, large - breed dogs and involves abnormal bone production.

Radiographs showed changes consistent with craniomandubular osteopathy, a congenital disorder common in the Westie breed, that is an excessive and abnormal bone growth on the skull (cranium) and lower jaw (mandible) causing pain and discomfort.

Cervical spondylosis in cats: a deforming over-production of abnormal bone development off the cervical vertebrae (i.e. neck portion of the spinal column).

This condition affects the weight - bearing joints (hips, knees, elbows, shoulders), causing loss of lubricating fluids, wearing away of cartilage, and abnormal bone growth.

The giant breeds may be limited in their ability to cope with excesses of minerals such as calcium, and the results are abnormal bone remodeling and skeletal disorders.

Abnormal Bone Growth and Development

In serious cases, it can show up in the form of abnormal bone growth, poor eye and / or brain development, and overworked livers and / or kidneys.

Eight physicians and three fellows evaluate and treat children with diabetes, growth disorders, precocious and delayed puberty, sex chromosome disorders (particularly Turner syndrome), abnormal bone development, and other hormonal problems.

«Abnormal bone growth seemed to be triggered by an initial inflammation,» he says.

Once the team derived the stem cells, they identified a cellular mechanism that drives abnormal bone growth in the thus - far untreatable bone disease, called fibrodysplasiaossificans progressiva (FOP).

Further, transplanting these cells into mice and stimulating them with Activin - A led to abnormal bone.

CiRA scientists use iPS cells to show that a molecule associated with inflammation could be a therapeutic target for the abnormal bone growth.

«These different stages represent potential targets for limiting or stopping the progression of the disease, and may also be useful for blocking abnormal bone formation in other conditions besides FOP.

The FOP mouse shows abnormal bone growth in the left hind leg.

«This is especially important, because once an abnormal bone growth occurs, it is permanent.»

Patients with otosclerosis have abnormal bone growth around the stapes bone.

«Rapamycin treatment prevents crippling abnormal bone formation after severe limb injuries: Significant benefits seen after treatment with FDA - approved drug in rodent model of blast - related limb injury hold promise for first effective treatment to prevent trauma - induced heterotopic ossification (HO) formation.»

Potential complications of early return to play include worsening symptoms, abnormal bone development, or an avulsion injury.

In its efforts to diagnose microfractures and abnormal bone that would predispose a horse to a full - blown fracture, researchers at the Equine Sports Medicine Program at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine have been using scintigraphy, a technique in which a horse is injected with a radioactive isotope that isolates skeletal «hot spots» — places where injured bone is rebuilding itself.

In animal studies, stationary chick and mouse fetuses have abnormal bones and joints, suggesting that movement is crucial to proper development.

«It is providing novel information that will help us detect the sources of pain in abnormal bones and joints, and has clear advantages over other imaging modalities.»

Not exact matches

Portero's organization advocates for people with the rare disease fibrous dysplasia, which causes abnormal growths in patients» bones.

The cancerous cells win out over the healthy blood cells in the bone marrow, which in turn leads to kidney problems when the cancer cells make abnormal proteins instead of antibodies.

The confined, packed - out conditions have serious implications for their physical and mental health — broken bones, osteoporosis and malignant tumours are common, as are stress - induced abnormal behaviours.

In APL, immature white blood cells called promyelocytes increase in abnormal numbers and accumulate in the bone marrow.

Prior to bone injury, symptoms can be vague and nonspecific such as decreased energy, strength, endurance and cold intolerance; however, abnormal menstrual function should raise concerns in these athletes.

Abnormal menses is often the first sign of female athlete triad, a combination of three interconnected medical conditions that ultimately result from poor energy balance: disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction and poor bone strength.

Abnormal presentations can compromise umbilical blood flow or cause your baby's head or shoulder to lodge against your pubic bone.

As nutrition improved, there were fewer women with rickets, which causes bone deformations; many obstructed births in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were caused by abnormal pelvic bones in the mother.

The discovery helps explain why some people who survive heart damage develop abnormal calcium deposits — the main component of bone — in the valves or walls of the heart.

Another coauthor from Penn Medicine, Frederick S. Kaplan, MD, the Isaac & Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine and Chief of the Division of Molecular Orthopaedic Medicine, is a world expert in heterotopic ossification (HO), the abnormal buildup of bone that occurs in FOP.

Neurocutaneous disorders are caused by abnormal development of cells in the embryonic stage, leading to tumors in various parts of the body, including the skin, organs, bones, brain and spinal cord.

Instead of producing healthy lymphocytes, white blood cells that fight infections, his bone marrow was unleashing abnormal lymphocytes into his bloodstream.

In diseases like leukemia, a kind of cancer, the bone marrow produces abnormal blood cells.

The diagnosis of multiple myeloma is made by the presence of elevated abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow.

(Revlimid) An immunomodulatory and anti-angiogenic agent, this drug slows the growth of blood vessels feeding abnormal cells and kills abnormal cells in the bone marrow.

In this type of plasma cell neoplasm, less than 10 % of the bone marrow is made up of abnormal plasma cells and there is no cancer.

In addition, the cells in the blood and bone marrow (also called» myelo») usually look abnormal (or «dysplastic»), hence the name «Myelodysplastic» Syndromes.

Plasma cell neoplasms are diseases in which abnormal plasma cells or myeloma cells form tumors in the bones or soft tissues of the body.

Multiple myeloma cells are abnormal plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) that build up in the bone marrow and form tumors in many bones of the body.

Blast cells are the immature white blood cells that become abnormal and accumulate in the bone marrow and blood in cases of leukemia.

Patient 2: NBAS c. 5741G > A p. (Arg1914His); c. 2032C > T p. (Gln678 *) in a 5 - year old boy with similar presenting features, bone fragility, mild developmental delay, abnormal liver function tests and immunodeficiency.

An embryo who doesn't move is at risk for developing brittle bones or abnormal joints, the press release noted.