Alice S Ha, Eric Y Chang, Roger J Bartolotta, Matthew D Bucknor, Karen C Chen, Henry B Ellis, Jonathan Flug, Jessica R Leschied, Andrew B Ross, Akash Sharma, Jonelle M Thomas, Francesca D Beaman
Osteonecrosis is defined as bone death due to inadequate vascular supply. It is sometimes also called "avascular necrosis" and "aseptic necrosis" when involving epiphysis, or "bone infarct" when involving metadiaphysis. Common sites include femoral head, humeral head, tibial metadiaphysis, femoral metadiaphysis, scaphoid, lunate, and talus. Osteonecrosis is thought to be a common condition most commonly affecting adults in third to fifth decades of life. Risk factors for osteonecrosis are numerous and include trauma, corticosteroid therapy, alcohol use, HIV, lymphoma/leukemia, blood dyscrasias, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Gaucher disease, and Caisson disease...
November 2022: Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR