AVASCULAR NECROSIS AS A MANIFESTATION OF POST-COVID SYNDROME IN ROUTINE PRACTICE OF RHEUMATOLOGIST

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2023-05-07
Issue: 
5
Year: 
2023

I. Bazina(1), Candidate of Medical Sciences; D. Krechikova(2), Candidate of Medical Sciences; Professor O. Kozyrev(1), MD; M. Pavlova(1), I. Loginova(1), V. Kononova(1), L. Yakub(1),
1-Smolensk State Medical University
2-Clinical hospital «RZhD-Medicine», Smolensk

Avascular necrosis as a part of post-COVID syndrome requires increased attention of physicians due to significant misfunction of musculoskeletal system, increased disability, and frequently requires surgical intervention. It is known that hypercoagulation, thrombosis as well as systemic corticosteroid therapy during severe coronavirus infection play an important role in the development of avascular necrosis. A case report of progressive avascular necrosis in multiple loci accompanied by polyarthritis in a young man developed after severe COVID-19 is reported below
Keywords: 
avascular necrosis
bone tissue
post-COVID syndrome
microthrombosis

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