[Bilateral tibial osteonecrosis secondary to systemic corticosteroid therapy].
Osteonecrosis is an adverse effect of corticosteroid therapy. We describe a 64-year-old woman with progressive bilateral knee pain and advanced osteonecrosis. Her symptoms developed after treatment with high-dose corticosteroids seven years earlier. The patient was ultimately treated with bilateral total knee arthroplasties.
Froberg
Lonnie
L
Kolding Sygehus, Ortopaedkirurgisk Afdeling. lonniefroberg@yahoo.dk
Ejsted
Rolf
R
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones