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Hemochromatosis and femoral head aseptic osteonecrosis: a nonfortuitous association?
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Feb 2005
Rollot Florence, Wechsler Bertrand, du Boutin Le Thi Huong, De Gennes Christian, Amoura Zahir, Hachulla Eric, Piette Jean-Charles
Abstract excerpt
Chondrocalcinosis, chronic pseudo-osteoarthritis arthropathy, and osteoporosis are classic osteoarticular complications of hemochromatosis (HC). Within HC, femoral head aseptic osteonecrosis (FHAO) is not notified in textbooks. We describe 3 cases of FHAO occurring in this setting in 3 patients homozygous for the C282Y mutation on HFE gene who had no other risk factors for FHAO. FHAO was diagnosed 9 years before...
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