Open AccessOsteonecrosis in Children With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Author(s) -
Chun-Wing Chan,
Wa-Keung Chiu,
Chak-Chung Chan,
Eudora Y.D. Chow,
Ho-Man Cheung,
Patricia Ip
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000137570.37856.ea
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , magnetic resonance imaging , pediatrics , respiratory disease , respiratory system , disease , surgery , radiology , lung
Osteonecrosis is a debilitating bone disease affecting adults who have recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong and China, but there are no data on its prevalence in children. We report 5 children with magnetic resonance imaging evidence of osteonecrosis. In view of the high prevalence and asymptomatic presentation of osteonecrosis, we suggest magnetic resonance imaging screening for osteonecrosis in children with severe acute respiratory syndrome.