Fe17 – Feline: Osteopetrosis

Slideshows   abnormal features of physeal closure     absence of medullary cavity     brittle bone     cancellous bone     cat     cats     dense mineralized brittle bone predisposing to pathologic fracture     failure to remodel cancellous bone     feline     genetic loss of osteoclastic activity     increased radiodensity     increased radiodensity with recognizable physes     inherited skeletal patterns in man     lack of cutback zone     Marble Bone Disease     metaphyseal surfaces     middle aged     mineralized brittle bone     neonatal     onset     osteoclastic activity     osteopetrosis     pathologic fracture     radiodensity