An atypical site of osteonecrosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Stolow, J.; Parikh, S.; Shybut, G.; Robinson, P.; Pope, R.M.

Journal of Rheumatology 18(10): 1623-1626

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X
PMID: 1765992
Document Number: 387425
We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed osteonecrosis. The case is unusual because the osteonecrosis occurred in an unusual location, in the distal tibia. The patient had earlier developed recurrent pyarthrosis, and biopsy and culture were required to exclude osteomyelitis.

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