title: Bilateral idiopathic osteonecrosis of the major tubercle of the humerus.
abstract: Bilateral osteonecrosis of the tuberculum majus has not been reported in the literature. A case of bilateral avascular necrosis of the tuberculum majus is presented associated with smoking and occasional alcohol consumption as risk factors, which was successfully treated with non-operative treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report, Level V.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Carl Gustav Carus University of Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany. Julian.Dexel@uniklinikum-dresden.de
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dexel
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kasten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects