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*'''Traumatic''' - normal bone broken by excessive force
*'''Traumatic''' - normal bone broken by excessive force
*'''Pathologic''' - abnormal bone broken by minimal or no trauma
*'''Pathologic''' - abnormal bone broken by minimal or no trauma
**E.g. due to [[Bones Inflammatory - Pathology#Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]], [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Neoplastic|bone neoplasia]]
**E.g. due to [[Osteomyelitis|osteomyelitis]], [[:Category:Bones - Neoplastic Pathology|bone neoplasia]]
*Early reactive fracture repair may be mistaken for [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Osteosarcoma (OSA)|osteosarcoma]] on biopsy
*Early reactive fracture repair may be mistaken for [[Osteosarcoma|osteosarcoma]] on biopsy
===Complications of fracture repair===
===Complications of fracture repair===
*Presence of necrotic bone (may form a sequestrum)
*Presence of necrotic bone (may form a sequestrum)
*Poor alignment
*Poor alignment
*[[Bones Inflammatory - Pathology|Bacterial infection]]
*[[Osteitis|Bacterial infection]]
===Pseudoarthrosis===
===Pseudoarthrosis===