What Is Osteoporosis?
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6. Differential Diagnosis
‘Differential diagnosis’ is a term used to describe other diagnoses that could be possible besides the diagnosis that seems to be the most likely. What diagnoses make the list depend largely on the patient’s history, signs, and symptoms. When making a diagnosis, doctors consider this list so that they may order the correct tests to come to the correct diagnosis.
A differential diagnosis list for osteoporosis may include: osteomalacia, lymphoma, mastocytosis, sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma, Paget disease, osteonecrosis, infection, homocystinuria, scurvy, homocysteinemia, and metastatic bone disease.1Ganesan K, Jandu JS, Roane D. Osteoporosis (Secondary) [Updated 2020 Jun 30]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470166/
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