The dreaded osteonecrosis of femur following chronic steroid therapy: a case series from a dermatologist’s eye

Autor:	Murugan Sundaram, Abiram Ponnuswami, S Cordelia Babitha, Krishnakanth Muralidhar
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Osteopenia medicine.medical_specialty Steroid therapy Lupus erythematosus business.industry medicine Oral steroid therapy Femur medicine.disease business Dermatology
Zdroj:	International Journal of Research in Dermatology. 6:264
ISSN:	2455-4529
DOI:	10.18203/issn.2455-4529.intjresdermatol20200609
Popis:	Corticosteroids, undoubtedly, is the saving grace of many patients ailing from a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune dermatoses. But it is not free of side effects, some being crippling enough to subject the patient to huge amounts of morbidity. Here we report a series of cases – Vesiculobullous diseases and Lupus Erythematosus - with prolonged oral steroid therapy that lead to osteopenia and osteonecrosis of the femur.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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