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Avascular necrosis (AVN), also
called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, is
death of bone
tissue due to
interruption of the
blood supply.
Early on, there...
- and
cornea of the eye – do not
contain blood vessels and are
labeled avascular. artery: late
Middle English; from
Latin arteria, from Gr**** artēria,...
- The
foveal avascular zone (FAZ) is a
region within the
fovea centralis at the
centre of the
retina of the
human eye that is
devoid of
retinal blood vessels...
- sign is a
finding on
conventional radiographs that is ****ociated with
avascular necrosis. It
usually occurs later in the disease, in
stage III of the...
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around 5.5 mm (0.22 in) and is
subdivided into the umbo, foveola,
foveal avascular zone, fovea, parafovea, and
perifovea areas. The
anatomical macula at...
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Preiser disease, or (idiopathic)
avascular necrosis of the scaphoid, is a rare
condition where ischemia and
necrosis of the
scaphoid bone
occurs without...
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Infarction of bone
results in
avascular necrosis.
Without blood, the bone
tissue dies and the bone collapses. If
avascular necrosis involves the
bones of...
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attached to the perichondrium,
which is
richly vascularized to
supply the
avascular cartilage.
Cauliflower ear can also
present in the
setting of nontraumatic...
- femur. Due to the lack of
blood flow, the bone dies (osteonecrosis or
avascular necrosis) and
stops growing. Over time,
healing occurs by new
blood vessels...
- has
protective functions.
Epithelial layers contain no
blood vessels (
avascular), so they must
receive nourishment via
diffusion of
substances from the...
