The SML declined to provide more details but the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio said the experts» team has found «irregular destruction» and
osteonecrosis in bone fragments of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae, features of the bone metastasis that appear in advanced prostate cancer.
MRI revealed decreased blood flow to the injured area and
osteonecrosis in 80 percent of patients in the superomedial quadrant of the femoral head.
The radiologists reported new
osteonecrosis in 22 - 24 percent of hip injection patients, compared to 5 - 9 percent in the hip control group and 5 percent in the shoulder injection control group.
Not exact matches
A study on this subject, titled «Femoral Head
Osteonecrosis Following Anatomic Stable Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures: An
in - vivo MRI Study» will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
in New Orleans on March 11, 2014.
There were no cases of incident drug - induced
osteonecrosis and only 1 case of femoral shaft fracture
in each group.
They determined that this ischemic
osteonecrosis of the femur
in children was differentiated from osteomyelitis.
This is an avascular (pertaining to inadequate blood supply), aseptic (not infected), developmental
osteonecrosis (dying of bone tissue) of the femoral head and neck, found almost entirely
in toy or other small breeds.
Sarah Hummel - «Neuromuscular Junction Disease
in a 1 - year - old Mixed Breed Dog» Nicholas Milano - «
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
in a Cocker Spaniel» Kevin Mu - «Malignant Uveal Melanoma
in a 12 year old Labrador Retriever» Carly Augustyn - «Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy
in a 4 - year - old Domestic Shorthair Cat» Ashley Newman - Moderator
The issue
in this cases is largely about warnings: what did Novartis have to communicate to doctors about the risks of Zometa with respect to
osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ).
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw ONJ happens when the bone
in the jaw starts to die.
An alleged link between the drug and
osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ), a condition
in which the jawbone begins to die, led to a wave of products liability lawsuits around the country.