Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report

Autor: Kawtar Nassar, Wafae Rachidi, Saadia Janani, Ouafa Mkinsi
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 24, Iss 195 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.195.7325
Popis: A documented case of beginning aseptic necrosis of the femoral head associated with pregnancy together with a review of the literature about this rare complication of pregnancy is presented. The known risk factors of osteonecrosis are; steroid use, alcoholism, organ transplantation, especially after kidney transplant or bone marrow transplantation bone, systemic lupus erythematosus ,dyslipidemia espacially hypertriglyceridemia, dysbaric decompression sickness, drepanocytosis and Gaucher's disease. Among the less established factors, we mention procoagulations abnormalities, HIV infection, chemotherapy. We report a case of osteonecrosis of femoral head after pregnancy.
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