Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report
A documented case of beginning aseptic necrosis of the femoral head associated with pregnancy together with a review of the literature about this rare complication of pregnancy is presented. The known risk factors of osteonecrosis are; steroid use, alcoholism, organ transplantation, especially after...
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| author | Kawtar Nassar Wafae Rachidi Saadia Janani Ouafa Mkinsi |
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| description | A documented case of beginning aseptic necrosis of the femoral head associated with pregnancy together with a review of the literature about this rare complication of pregnancy is presented. The known risk factors of osteonecrosis are; steroid use, alcoholism, organ transplantation, especially after kidney transplant or bone marrow transplantation bone, systemic lupus erythematosus ,dyslipidemia espacially hypertriglyceridemia, dysbaric decompression sickness, drepanocytosis and Gaucher's disease. Among the less established factors, we mention procoagulations abnormalities, HIV infection, chemotherapy. We report a case of osteonecrosis of femoral head after pregnancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-996f53d6288940fb8b49c5ee4f742e2e2022-12-21T18:33:43ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882016-07-012419510.11604/pamj.2016.24.195.73257325Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case reportKawtar Nassar0Wafae Rachidi1Saadia Janani2Ouafa Mkinsi3 Rhumatology Department, Ibn Roch University Hospital, Casablanca, Morroco Rhumatology Department, Ibn Roch University Hospital, Casablanca, Morroco Rhumatology Department, Ibn Roch University Hospital, Casablanca, Morroco Rhumatology Department, Ibn Roch University Hospital, Casablanca, Morroco A documented case of beginning aseptic necrosis of the femoral head associated with pregnancy together with a review of the literature about this rare complication of pregnancy is presented. The known risk factors of osteonecrosis are; steroid use, alcoholism, organ transplantation, especially after kidney transplant or bone marrow transplantation bone, systemic lupus erythematosus ,dyslipidemia espacially hypertriglyceridemia, dysbaric decompression sickness, drepanocytosis and Gaucher's disease. Among the less established factors, we mention procoagulations abnormalities, HIV infection, chemotherapy. We report a case of osteonecrosis of femoral head after pregnancy. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/24/195/pdf/195.pdf aseptic necrosispregnancyfemoral headrisk factors |
| spellingShingle | Kawtar Nassar Wafae Rachidi Saadia Janani Ouafa Mkinsi Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report The Pan African Medical Journal aseptic necrosis pregnancy femoral head risk factors |
| title | Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report |
| title_full | Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report |
| title_short | Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report |
| title_sort | aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy a case report |
| topic | aseptic necrosis pregnancy femoral head risk factors |
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