id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-272623-j5gpww9q Sun, Wei The pathogenesis of multifocal osteonecrosis 2016-07-11 .txt text/plain 3117 166 55 For patients with osteonecrosis of both the hip and knee joints or for patients with a history of corticosteroid use or alcohol abuse who had osteonecrosis of one or more joints in the shoulder, ankle, wrist or elbow, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was also performed on other joints, regardless of whether these joints were symptomatic. Of the patients with a history of corticosteroid use, 18 had SLE, nine had chronic nephropathy, five had hematological diseases (four had acute lymphoblastic leukemia and one had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), five had an organ transplantation (four had a renal transplantation and one had a cardiac transplantation), three had Sjogren's syndrome, two had dermatomyositis, two had multiple sclerosis and three received steroid therapy for trauma emergency. 3) Patients with corticosteroid use or alcohol abuse and who are diagnosed with osteonecrosis of one or more joints in the shoulder, ankle, wrist and elbow should have their hips and knees evaluated by MRI. ./cache/cord-272623-j5gpww9q.txt ./txt/cord-272623-j5gpww9q.txt