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Figure 1.

View larger version (47K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Plain films of the knees of a 50-year-old woman receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy reveal medullary bone infarcts in the distal femurs and proximal tibias. Serpiginous lucencies with peripheral sclerotic rims represent necrotic spongy bone and marrow walled off by calcified collagenous fibrous tissue. Osteonecrosis can also occur with short-term use of corticosteroids.

 

Cynthia T. Chin, M.D.
Robert C. Sarno, M.D.
New England Medical Center
Boston, MA 02111

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