Avascular Necrosis of the Hip Joint and Femoral Head Related with Long COVID-19 or Post-COVID-19: Case Report Study
Sanja Petrusevska-Marinkovic,
Milena Doksevska-Bogojevska,
Mario Jovanovski
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND: Post-COVID conditions can include a wide range of ongoing health problems. As a consequence of long COVID-19 or post-COVID-19 an increase in osteonecrosis has been detected in different series of patients.
CASE PRESENTATION: We present two patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia, one with moderate and the other with severe clinical picture. They were treated with corticosteroid equivalent to prednisolone 993.5 mg (400–1587 mg) which correlates with steroid dose documented in the literature a… Show more
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