Idiopathic necrosis

Japanese: idiopathic necrosis(英語表記)idiopathicnecrosis
Idiopathic necrosis

…Recently, the relationship with the administration of large amounts of adrenal cortical hormones has also been emphasized. Idiopathic bone necrosis of unknown causes is called idiopathic necrosis. These include idiopathic femoral head necrosis in adults, Perthes disease (pediatric femoral head necrosis), idiopathic knee necrosis (lesion of the medial femoral condyle joint surface in elderly people), Kienböck's disease (adult lunate necrosis), Köhler's disease (navicular bone lesion of the foot in children), and Freiberg's disease (also called second Köhler's disease, a lesion of the second metatarsal head in adolescents). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "idiopathic necrosis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最近では,このほか大量の副腎皮質ホルモン投与との関連も重視されている。原因不明のものは特発性骨壊死idiopathic necrosisと呼ばれる。これには成人の特発性大腿骨頭壊死,ペルテス病(小児大腿骨頭壊死),膝特発性壊死(高齢者大腿骨内顆関節面の病変),キーンベック病(成人月状骨壊死),ケーラー病(小児の足の舟状骨病変),フライバーグ病(第2ケーラー病ともいわれ,思春期の第2中足骨頭の病変)などがある。…

※「idiopathic necrosis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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