Aseptic Necrosis
Aseptic Necrosis is a condition that results from poor blood supply to an area of bone causing bone death. This is a serious condition because the dead areas of bone do not function normally, are weakened, and can collapse.

Aseptic necrosis can be caused by trauma and damage to the blood vessels that supply bone its oxygen. Other causes of poor blood circulation to the bone include an embolism of air or fat that blocks the blood flow through the blood vessels, abnormally thick blood (hypercoaguable state), and inflammation of the blood vessel walls (vasculitis). Conditions that are associated with aseptic necrosis include alcoholism, steroid usage, Cushing's syndrome, radiation exposure, sickle cell disease, pancreatitis, Gaucher's disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

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