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It is often just referred to as '''avascular necrosis''', abbreviated '''AVN'''. | It is often just referred to as '''avascular necrosis''', abbreviated '''AVN'''. | ||
In children idiopathic AVN of the of capital femoral epiphysis is known as ''[[Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease]]''.<ref name=pmid24267210>{{cite journal |author=Shah H |title=Perthes disease: evaluation and management |journal=Orthop. Clin. North Am. |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=87–97 |year=2014 |month=January |pmid=24267210 |doi=10.1016/j.ocl.2013.08.005 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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Joint capsule tissue with focal lymphocytes and plasma cells is present. | Joint capsule tissue with focal lymphocytes and plasma cells is present. | ||
=== | ===Remote AVN with focal lesion=== | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
FEMORAL HEAD AND SURROUNDING TISSUE, RIGHT, HIP ARTHROPLASTY: | FEMORAL HEAD AND SURROUNDING TISSUE, RIGHT, HIP ARTHROPLASTY: | ||
- FOCAL DEGENERATIVE CHANGES | - FOCAL DEGENERATIVE CHANGES OF THE CARTILAGE WITH AN UNDERLYING WEDGE OF FIBROSIS | ||
AND REMODELLED BONE COMPATIBLE WITH A HISTORY OF AVASCULAR NECROSIS. | |||
- DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. | - DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE. | ||
- BENIGN FIBROADIPOSE TISSUE AND CARTILAGE. | - BENIGN FIBROADIPOSE TISSUE AND CARTILAGE. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Femoral head]]. | *[[Femoral head]]. | ||
*[[Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||