Osteonecrosis of Bilateral Distal Femurs in a Pregnant Patient Following Antenatal Betamethasone

Corticosteroid therapy is a known risk factor for osteonecrosis, more commonly with chronic use and high cumulative dose. Osteonecrosis (avascular necrosis) has been described in pregnancy involving primarily the femoral head. To our knowledge, only rare cases of femoral meta diaphysis or knee osteo...

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Autores principales: Ali, Rafal S, Al-Sudani, Hussein, Tan, Irene J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22735

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35386483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22735

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