TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - Locomotor consequences of electrical and radiation injuries, burns and freezings JO - Baillière's clinical rheumatology A1 - Kolar, J. SP - 99 EP - 110 VL - 3 IS - 1 N2 - Damage to bones and/or joints caused by occupational exposure to electrical current, heat, cold, and ionizing radiations remains a relatively little known entity among rheumatologists. Radiologically only a few typical changes may be seen. Bone demineralization, reflex dystrophy, periostitis, osteomyelitis, osteonecrosis, pathological fractures, degenerative joint disease and, in radiation-induced damage, malignancies, do not differ from those occurring from other causes or arising spontaneously. Correct interpretation of the radiological changes often rests on a history of past exposure. Because of the time lapse between exposure and evidence of damage, patients frequently omit to inform their doctors. Only by taking a careful history and elucidating such exposure can a proper diagnosis be made.

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