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Chronic myeloid leukemia presenting with avascular necrosis of femur head.
We report the case of a 15 years girl in whom avascular necrosis (AVN) of right femur head was the presenting feature of chronic stable phase of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). To date, only three case of CML with AVN have been reported. So, in view of rarity of this condition, a similar case of CML presenting as AVN of femur head is being reported.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.45316