| Avascular necrosis of the femoral head in multiple sclerosis: report of five patients. | |
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PMID: 22210128 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a severe complication of corticosteroids, which may lead to more disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients because of delayed diagnosis. The exact dose and risk period of steroids which cause the necrosis are not clearly known. The aim of the study was to enhance the attention of clinicians to leg pain in MS patients with regard to steroid therapies. We report five MS patients with femoral head necrosis who had relapsing remitting MS and received different doses of methyl prednisolone. Our young cases consist of three females and two males. The duration of disease varied between 1 and 3 years. The least interval between the last pulse of prednisolone and diagnosis of avascular necrosis was 6 months. Two of them received one pulse of 5 g of methyl prednisolone. All five patients had delayed diagnosis because the signs and symptoms were attributed to MS, which indicate the necessity of further focusing attention to early evaluations. |
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M A Sahraian; S Yadegari; R Azarpajouh; M Forughipour |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-31 |
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Title: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology Volume: - ISSN: 1590-3478 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-1-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100959175 Medline TA: Neurol Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Neurology, Sina MS Research Center, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Hassan abad square, Tehran, Iran, msahrai@sina.tums.ac.ir. |
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