Avascular Necrosis of Bone in Patients with Uveitis Treated with Systemic Corticosteroids.
Conclusions: AVN is a rare but severe complication of corticosteroid therapy. Clinicians should be vigilant for symptoms of bone pain as early detection and cessation of corticosteroids can reverse incipient AVN and avoid surgery.
PMID: 33539719 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Ocular Immunology and Inflammation - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Ocul Immunol Inflamm Source Type: research
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