Osteoporosis |
Structural failure/ increased intraosseous
pressure/vascular compromise |
Steroid therapy |
Fatty tissue accumulation/crushing of the
intramedullary vessels/ microscopic fat emboli in the end-arteries/secondary
osteoporosis |
Hemoglobinopathies |
Vascular occlusion/ischemia |
Vasculitides |
Vascular occlusion/ischemia |
Diabetes |
Unknown |
Alcoholism |
Microscopic fat emboli in the end-arteries
|
Cushing’s disorder |
Microscopic fat emboli in the end-arteries
|
Malignancy |
Unknown |
Infection |
Unknown |
Post-radiation changes |
Direct cytotoxic effect with damage to
vascularity |
Pancreatitis |
Pancreatic lipase in systemic
circulation/Fat necrosis of bone marrow/ vascular compression/ microscopic fat
emboli |
Cirrhosis |
Unknown |
Sarcoidosis |
Unknown |
Gaucher type 1 |
Accumulation of glycosyl ceramide in Gaucher
cells/ marrow infiltration/vascular compromise |