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Epiphyseal necrosis

Avascular necrosis (AVN), also called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, is death of bone tissue due to interruption of the blood supply. Early on, there may be no symptoms. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
Battered child syndrome
Behçet disease
Connective tissue disease
Cushing disease
Developmental dysplasia of the hip
Diabetes mellitus
Diastrophic dysplasia
Drug
Estrogen deficiency in males
Fabry disease
Gaucher disease
Gout
Hemophilia
Hyperlipoproteinemia
Hypothyroidism
Inflammatory bowel disease
Irritable hip syndrome
Kashin-Beck disease
Kyphomelic dysplasia
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lipodystrophy
Metachondromatosis
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
Meyer dysplasia of the femoral head
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
Neuropathic arthropathy
Osteochondroses
Osteomyelitis
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis
Polycythemia vera
Radiation injury
Renal osteodystrophy
Septic joint
Sickle cell disease
Slipped epiphysis
SPONASTRIME dysplasia
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasias
Steroid medication
Trauma
Trichorhinophalangeal dysplasia type 1
Vasculopathy
Winchester syndrome

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