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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Necrosis > Osteonecrosis > Femur Head Necrosis
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Osteonecrosis > Femur Head Necrosis

Preferred term

Femur Head Necrosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Aseptic Necrosis of Femur Head
  • Necrosis, Avascular, of Femur Head

Scope note

  • Aseptic or avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The major types are idiopathic (primary), as a complication of fractures or dislocations, and LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE.

History note

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In other languages

  • reisiluun pään kuolio

    Finnish

  • necrosis aseptica capitis femoris
  • necrosis capitis femoris
  • reisiluun pään aseptinen kuolio
  • reisiluun pään aseptinen nekroosi
  • reisiluun pään nekroosi
  • Lårbenshuvudnekros

    Swedish

  • Aseptisk bennekros av caput femoris
  • Avaskulär nekros i lårbenshuvudet
  • Femurhuvudnekros

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005271

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