A 51-year-old female presented with hip pain of 6 months duration and a rapidly destructive appearance of the femoral head radiographically.The patient had no clinical or laboratory evidence of sepsis or neurogenic disease.Femoral head replacement was performed.We describe the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic findings of this case which suggested rapid destructive coxarthrosis.
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