Avascular necrosis of the femoral head on X‑ray: 5 real cases

Real, openly licensed radiographs showing avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Study what to look for, then open each case and read it yourself before revealing the answer.

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Cases

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Other bone & joint disease diagnoses

• Bone metastases
• Enchondroma
• Freiberg disease
• Gout
• Hallux rigidus (first MTP osteoarthritis)
• Hallux valgus (bunion)
• Heterotopic ossification
• Knee osteoarthritis
• Multiple myeloma
• Neuropathic (Charcot) arthropathy
• Non-ossifying fibroma
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteochondroma (exostosis)
• Osteoma
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteoporosis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Synovial chondromatosis

Diagnoses come from each image's documented source. Credits and licences are shown on each case and on the image credits page.