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[Osteonecrosis in systemic lupus erythematosus. Report of 3 cases]
A Marrón1, F Formiga, J Valverde
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Princeps d'Espanya, CSU de Bellvitge, Barcelona.
Anales De Medicina Interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984)
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
We present three cases of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis (AV). Although, the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis is controversial and multifactorial, the glucocorticoids therapy is the most important factor contributing to the lesion. We report the clinical presentation of the three patients. We comment the characteristics of AV, the diagnosis and the treatment of this uncommon complication in SLE patients.