Rapid destruction of the femoral head after a single intraarticular injection of corticosteroid into the hip joint.
We describe a 50-year-old woman who had a 10-year history of left groin pain. She experienced rapid collapse of the femoral head during a 3-month period after a single injection of corticosteroid into the hip joint, in which osteonecrosis was histologically observed.
Yamamoto
Takuaki
T
Department of Orthopaedic Pathology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Schneider
Robert
R
Iwamoto
Yukihide
Y
Bullough
Peter G
PG
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006615:Hip / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone