Table 1: Conditions Associated with Avascular Necrosis

Trauma
Iatrogenic
  • Use of glucocorticoids
  • alcohol
  • bisphosphonate use
Hematological
  • sickle cell anemia
  • thalassemia
  • polycynthemia
  • hemophilia
  • myeloproliferative disorders
Metabolic
  • Gaucher disease
  • hypercholesterolemia
  • pregnancy
  • chronic renal failure
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Cushing’s disease
Autoimmune disease
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
  • rheumatoid arthritis
Gastrointestinal
  • Chronic pancreatitis
Orthopaedics cause
  • congenital hip dislocation