Osteonecrosis causes (mnemonic)
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Mnemonics for the causes of avascular necrosis (AVN) or more correctly osteonecrosis:
- STARS
- PLASTIC RAGS
- ASEPTIC
Mnemonics
STARS
Most common causes:
- S: steroids
- T: trauma (e.g. femoral neck fracture, hip dislocation, scaphoid fracture, slipped capital femoral epiphysis 2)
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A: alcohol
abuseexcess (chronic) - R: radiation
- S: sickle cell disease
PLASTIC RAGS
- P: pancreatitis, pregnancy
- L: lupus (SLE)
- A: alcohol excess (chronic)
- S: steroids
- T: trauma
- I: idiopathic, infection
- C: caisson disease, collagen vascular disease
- R: radiation, rheumatoid arthritis
- A: amyloid arthropathy
- G: Gaucher disease
- S: sickle cell disease
ASEPTIC
- A: alcohol excess (chronic)
- S: sickle cell disease/SLE
- E: exogenous steroid
- P: pancreatitis
- T: trauma
- I: infection
- C: caisson disease
-<strong>A: </strong>alcohol abuse</li>- +<strong>A: </strong>alcohol excess (chronic)</li>
-<strong>L: </strong><a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus">lupus</a> (SLE)</li>- +<strong>L: </strong><a title="SLE" href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus">lupus (SLE)</a>
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-<strong>A: </strong>alcohol</li>- +<strong>A: </strong>alcohol excess (chronic)</li>
-<strong>A: </strong>alcohol</li>- +<strong>A: </strong>alcohol excess (chronic)</li>
-<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a> / <a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus-musculoskeletal-manifestations-1">SLE</a>- +<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a>/<a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus-musculoskeletal-manifestations-1">SLE</a>
-<strong>I: </strong>infection</li>- +<strong>I: </strong><a title="Osteomyelitis" href="/articles/osteomyelitis">infection</a>
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PLASTIC RAGS (mnemonic)
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STARS (mnemonic)
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ASEPTIC (mnemonic)
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