Aseptic osteonecrosis is a frequent pathology. It corresponds to epiphyseal bone necrosis, secondary to ischemic and/or cytotoxic mechanisms. It is not a specific disease, but rather the final outcome of various pathological situations in which there is a disturbance of the intraosseous circulation of the femoral head. This explains the usual names of avascular necrosis or aseptic necrosis. It may be unilateral, bilateral or multifocal. More than 75% of aseptic osteonecrosis involve the femoral head. Many risk factors must be considered, such as corticosteroid therapy, alcoholism, dyslipidemia or sickle cell disease. It is important to diagnose osteonecrosis in the potentially reversible stages of the disease. It is a condition that is all the more disabling because it affects the young adult, in the middle of an active life, in the presence of pain in the groin crease of a young man who tends to take steroids, when the femoral head is still spherical on standard radiography. Magnetic resonance imaging has profoundly changed our diagnostic possibilities, showing pathognomonic signs while the radiograph may still be normal. Aseptic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (AONTH) often poses a problem of differential diagnosis with other coxopathies, which is a source of diagnostic delay in medical practice.
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Osteonecrosis, Aseptic Osteonecrosis, Etiologies, Diagnosis
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abstract = {Aseptic osteonecrosis is a frequent pathology. It corresponds to epiphyseal bone necrosis, secondary to ischemic and/or cytotoxic mechanisms. It is not a specific disease, but rather the final outcome of various pathological situations in which there is a disturbance of the intraosseous circulation of the femoral head. This explains the usual names of avascular necrosis or aseptic necrosis. It may be unilateral, bilateral or multifocal. More than 75% of aseptic osteonecrosis involve the femoral head. Many risk factors must be considered, such as corticosteroid therapy, alcoholism, dyslipidemia or sickle cell disease. It is important to diagnose osteonecrosis in the potentially reversible stages of the disease. It is a condition that is all the more disabling because it affects the young adult, in the middle of an active life, in the presence of pain in the groin crease of a young man who tends to take steroids, when the femoral head is still spherical on standard radiography. Magnetic resonance imaging has profoundly changed our diagnostic possibilities, showing pathognomonic signs while the radiograph may still be normal. Aseptic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (AONTH) often poses a problem of differential diagnosis with other coxopathies, which is a source of diagnostic delay in medical practice.},
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