Osteonecrosis causes (mnemonic)
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Mnemonics for the causes of avascular necrosis (AVN):
- STARS
- PLASTIC RAGS
Mnemonics
STARS
Most common causes:
- S: steriods
- T: trauma (i.e. femoral neck fracture, hip dislocation, scaphoid fracture, etc.)
- A: alcohol abuse
- R: radiation osteonecrosis
- S: sickle cell disease
PLASTIC RAGS
- P: pancreatitis, pregnancy
- L: lupus
- A: alcohol
- S: steroids
- T: trauma
- I: idiopathic, infection
- C: caisson disease, collagen vascular disease
- R: radiation, rheumatoid arthritis
- A: amyloid
- G: Gaucher disease
- S: sickle cell disease
ASEPTIC
- A: alcohol
- S: sickle cell disease/ SLE
- E: exogenous steroid
- P: pancreatitis
- T: trauma
- I: infection
- C: caisson disease
-<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/skeletal-manifestations-of-sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a>- +<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease-skeletal-manifestations">sickle cell disease</a>
-<strong>P: </strong>pancreatitis</li>- +<strong>P: </strong>pancreatitis, pregnancy </li>
-<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a>/ <a href="/articles/musculoskeletal-manifestations-of-systemic-lupus-erythematosus">SLE</a>- +<strong>S: </strong><a href="/articles/sickle-cell-disease">sickle cell disease</a>/ <a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus-musculoskeletal-manifestations">SLE</a>
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