title: Concomitant avascular necrosis of the scaphoid and lunate.
abstract: Simultaneous avascular necrosis of multiple carpal bones is rare. Concomitant avascular necrosis of scaphoid and lunate has been reported only once. We report one more case of this rare condition which can be a cause of wrist pain. Steroid intake is a known risk factor for avascular necrosis but in our case the patient had been taking herbal medicines for joint pain the composition of which was not known. Probably the presence of steroid in these medicines was the cause of avascular necrosis in this case.
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
authors: Praveen
authors: P
authors: Bhardwaj
authors: Chetna
authors: C
authors: Sharma
authors: S Raja
authors: SR
authors: Sabapathy
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult