title: Early avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: The clinical and pathological findings in a case of early avascular necrosis of the femoral head following renal transplantation are described. Regions of subchondral bone distant from the principal lesions showed increased numbers of empty osteocytic lacunae. This has been quantified and it is suggested that a loss of osteocytes is perhaps one of the earliest lesions leading to established avascular necrosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000473:pathology; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate