bone scan in alcohol induced multifocal avascular osteonecrosis: a diagnostic quandary
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multifocal avascular osteonecrosis is an uncommon entity having a predominant association with steroids and less commonly with alcohol abuse. in literature only few cases of alcohol induced multifocal avascular osteonecrosis involving both hips and shoulder are reported. to the best of our understanding this is the first case report or contribution from nuclear medicine court and it would help the nuclear physicians to mull about this entity in alcoholics presented with assumed “polyarthritis”.
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Multifocal avascular osteonecrosis is an uncommon entity having a predominant association with steroids and less commonly with alcohol abuse. In literature only few cases of alcohol induced multifocal avascular osteonecrosis involving both hips and shoulder are reported. To the best of our understanding this is the first case report or contribution from nuclear medicine court and it would help ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
iranian journal of nuclear medicineناشر: tehran university of medical sciences
ISSN 1681-2824
دوره 23
شماره 1 2014
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