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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head following treatment for Hodgkin’s disease

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Osteonecrosis of the right femoral head is described in a patient with stage III B Hodgkin’s disease treated with combination chemotherapy. A prescribing error led to a higher than usual amount of prednisolone being administered.

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  1. Department of Oncology/Haematology and Radiology, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8

    F. Murray, P. A. Daly & P. J. Freyne

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Murray, F., Daly, P.A. & Freyne, P.J. Osteonecrosis of the femoral head following treatment for Hodgkin’s disease. I.J.M.S. 152, 286–288 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954800

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