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Can I read Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee on EtoBox?
Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee by Taj M. Kattapuram; Susan V. Kattapuram is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the Knee about?
Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee presents with acute onset of severe, pain in elderly patients, usually female and usually without a history of trauma. Originally described as idiopathic osteonecrosis, the exact etiology is still debated. Evidence suggests that an acute fracture occurs as a result of chronic stress or minor trauma to a weakened subchondral bone plate. The imaging characteristics on MR reflect the age of the lesion and the symptoms. More appropriate terminology may be "subchondral insufficiency fracture of the knee" or "focal subchondral osteonecrosis".
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Taj M. Kattapuram; Susan V. Kattapuram
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)