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Normal Processes
Abnormal Processes
Infectious, inflammatory, and immunologic disorders
infectious
Infectious disorders
necrotizing fasciitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis
Immunologic disorders
Ankylosing spondylitis, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Inflammatory disorders
Neoplasms
Degenerative and metabolic disorders
Degenerative/metabolic disorders of bone, tendon, and cartilage
herniated disk, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, Osgood-Schlatter disease, osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis), osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone, spondylolisthesis, cervical spondylosis/spondylotic cervical myelopathy
Degenerative/metabolic disorders of joints
Degenerative/metabolic disorders of muscles, ligaments, fascia
Traumatic and mechanical disorders
slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Radial head subluxation (nursemaid’s elbow)
Congenital disorders
Achondroplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta, McArdle disease, mitochondrial myopathies (MELAS)