{"title":"Steroid-induced Extensive Bilateral Femoral and Tibial Bone Infarcts in a Patient with Ulcerative Colitis","authors":"I. Chernev, K. Yan","doi":"10.5580/4a6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Osteonecrosis is a common complication of chronic or repetitive steroid treatment.A 55 year-old black man with a history of ulcerative colitis for 30 years, treated with multiple courses of steroids is presented in this clinical vignette. Multifocal extensive osteonecrosis was detected on imaging studies.","PeriodicalId":22526,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Radiology","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Radiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/4a6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Osteonecrosis is a common complication of chronic or repetitive steroid treatment.A 55 year-old black man with a history of ulcerative colitis for 30 years, treated with multiple courses of steroids is presented in this clinical vignette. Multifocal extensive osteonecrosis was detected on imaging studies.