Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

Corticosteroid Osteonecrosis

Cynthia T. Chin, M.D., and Robert C. Sarno, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1995; 332:511February 23, 1995

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Figure 1 Plain films of the knees of a 50-year-old woman receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy reveal medullary bone infarcts in the distal femurs and proximal tibias. Serpiginous lucencies with peripheral sclerotic rims represent necrotic spongy bone and marrow walled off by calcified collagenous fibrous tissue. Osteonecrosis can also occur with short-term use of corticosteroids.

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Cynthia T. Chin, M.D.
Robert C. Sarno, M.D.
New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111

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