Duygu Geler Külcü1, Safiye Tuncer2

1Yeditepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
2Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Ankara, Turkey

Keywords: Knee, osteonecrosis, hypertriglyceridemia

Abstract

Osteonecrosis is a pathologic process which results with the death of bone and bone marrow elements. The main predisposing factors (trauma, glucocorticosteroids, alcoholism and connective tissue disorders) should be carefully sought but osteonecrosis can also be idiopathic in origin. We report a patient who developed osteonecrosis of the knee with hypertrigliceridemia and hyperuricemia. Knee osteonecrosis combined with hypertriglyceridemia is a rare condition. This case draws attention to the association between osteonecrosis and metabolic disorders. (Rheumatism 2007; 22: 114-6)