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• TITLE: Osteonecrosis: The perils of steroids. A review of the literature and case report

  AUTHORS: Ben J. Brooker, Prue P. A. Keith

  KEYWORDS: Osteonecrosis; Corticosteroids; Steroids; Avascular Necrosis of Bone

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.1 No.2, December 27, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Non-traumatic osteonecrosis is a cause of joint pain and deformity, not uncommonly caused by corticosteroid use. Despite this, corticosteroid induced osteonecrosis is poorly represented in the literature. We performed a detailed review of corticosteroid induced osteonecrosis, including aetiology, prevention, screening, clinical presentation, investigations, staging systems and treatment. We present this in the context of a patient at our institution who developed bilateral hip, shoulder and knee osteonecrosis following high dose corticosteroid therapy for dermatomyositis.