OSTEONECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL-HEAD IN REFRACTORY CELIAC-DISEASE

Authors
DISARIO A CORAZZA GR CECCHETTI L TAROZZI C GASBARRINI G
Citation
A. Disario et al., OSTEONECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL-HEAD IN REFRACTORY CELIAC-DISEASE, Journal of internal medicine, 235(2), 1994, pp. 185-189
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09546820
Volume
235
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
185 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6820(1994)235:2<185:OOTFIR>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We report on a 48-year-old woman with coeliac disease who developed os teonecrosis of the femoral head after being treated with steroids for nonresponse to gluten withdrawal. We stress the possible role of osteo porosis and osteomalacia, frequently found in patients with coeliac di sease, in the pathogenesis of this complication, and advise using drug s other than steroids in the treatment of refractory coeliac disease.