Rapid destruction of the femoral head after a single intraarticular injection of corticosteroid into the hip joint

J Rheumatol. 2006 Aug;33(8):1701-4.

Abstract

We describe a 50-year-old woman who had a 10-year history of left groin pain. She experienced rapid collapse of the femoral head during a 3-month period after a single injection of corticosteroid into the hip joint, in which osteonecrosis was histologically observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Female
  • Femur Head / diagnostic imaging
  • Femur Head / drug effects*
  • Femur Head / pathology
  • Femur Head Necrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Femur Head Necrosis / etiology*
  • Femur Head Necrosis / pathology
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Hip / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intra-Articular
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain / drug therapy
  • Pain / surgery
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Methylprednisolone