Case Report

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2000): The Archives of Rheumatology

SCAPHOID OSTEONECROSIS: AN UNUSUAL SITE FOR OSTEONECROSIS

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Günşah Şahin
Özlem Bölgen Çimen
Selda Bağış
Hayal Güler

Abstract

Osteonecrosis is defined as the death of bone from repeated interruptions or a single massive interruption of the blood supply to the bone. In this article, we presented a 60 year old woman diagnosed as having polymyalgia rheumatica who developed scaphoid osteonecrosis because of taking corticosteroid for long period. The patient was reported because of unusual localisation for osteonecrotic bone involvement.

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