HIP OSTEONECROSIS SECONDARY TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR FEIGNED BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA - THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF THE FACTITIOUSDISORDERS

Authors
ALARCON GS MIKHAIL I JAFFE KA BRADLEY LA BAILEY WC
Citation
Gs. Alarcon et al., HIP OSTEONECROSIS SECONDARY TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CORTICOSTEROIDS FOR FEIGNED BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA - THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF THE FACTITIOUSDISORDERS, Arthritis and rheumatism, 37(1), 1994, pp. 139-141
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Arthritis and rheumatism → ACNP
ISSN journal
00043591
Volume
37
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
139 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-3591(1994)37:1<139:HOSTTA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We describe the case of a woman who developed hip osteonecrosis after prolonged use of corticosteroids for feigned bronchial asthma. This ty pe of musculoskeletal manifestation of the factitious disorders has no t been reported previously.