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. 2013 Feb 10:1692–1711.e5. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1738-9.00103-1

Table 103-1.

Conditions Associated with Osteonecrosis

Dietary, Drugs, and Environmental Factors


Musculoskeletal Conditions: Compromise in Structural Integrity

  • Trauma166

  • Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease31, 167

  • Congenital hip dislocation168, 169

  • Slipped femoral capital epiphysis170, 171


Metabolic Diseases: Abnormality in Fat or Other Metabolic Component


Hematologic Conditions: Abnormalities in Blood Components

  • Sickle cell anema118, 184, 185

  • Hemophilia46, 47, 49

  • Hemoglobinopathies

  • Thalassemia186

  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation103, 187, 188, 189

  • Thrombophilia190

  • Hypofibrinolysis190, 191

  • Marrow infiltrative disorders

  • Thrombophlebitis/venous thrombosis192


Rheumatologic Conditions

  • Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome193

  • Rheumatoid arthritis194

  • Inflammatory bowel disease195, 196

  • Necrotizing arteritis197

  • Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome198

  • Polymyositis199

  • Sarcoidosis70

  • Mixed connective tissue disease


Infectious Diseases

  • Human immunodeficiency virus infection200, 201

  • Osteomyelitis202

  • Meningococcemia187, 203, 204

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)54, 106, 205


Oncologic Disorders, Transplantation, and Their Treatment