aetiology
Last reviewed 05/2023
The aeitiology of avascular necrosis includes:
- trauma:
- fracture of the neck of femur
- complication of osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis
- neuropathic joint
- idiopathic:
- typically middle aged men
- affects hips and knees
- Perthe's disease
- Theimann's disease
- high levels of steroids:
- iatrogenic
- Cushing's syndrome
- pregnancy
- systemic disease:
- SLE
- haemaglobin S and SC
- infective endocarditis
- chronic liver disease
- pancreatitis
- alcoholism
- hyperlipidaemia
- Caisson disease
- Gaucher's disease
- diabetes mellitus
- polycythaemia rubra vera
- radiation
steroids (therapeutic information)