Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report

Kawtar Nassar; Wafae Rachidi; Saadia Janani; Ouafa Mkinsi

doi:10.11604/pamj.2016.24.195.7325

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Aseptic necrosis of the femoral head after pregnancy: a case report

Kawtar Nassar, Wafae Rachidi, Saadia Janani, Ouafa Mkinsi

Abstract

A documented case of beginning aseptic necrosis of the femoral head associated with pregnancy together with a review of the literature about this rare complication of pregnancy is presented. The known risk factors of osteonecrosis are; steroid use, alcoholism, organ transplantation, especially after kidney transplant or bone marrow transplantation bone, systemic lupus erythematosus ,dyslipidemia espacially hypertriglyceridemia, dysbaric decompression sickness, drepanocytosis and Gaucher's disease. Among the less established factors, we mention procoagulations abnormalities, HIV infection, chemotherapy. We report a case of osteonecrosis of femoral head after pregnancy.

The Pan African Medical Journal 2016;24

http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.195.7325