Differential Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Disorders
Conditions to be considered = “dissect bone disease with a DIATTOM”
- Dysplasia + Dystrophy
- Infection
- Anomalies of development
- Tumor + tumorlike conditions
- Trauma
- Osteochondritis + ischemic necrosis
- Metabolic disease
- Dysplasia = disturbance of bone growth
- Dystrophy = disturbance of nutrition