What is spontaneous Osteonecrosis of the knee?
Spontaneous ON of the knee is an idiopathic form of ON that affects primarily women (female:male = 3:1) over the age of 50 years.
Patients present with knee pain. MRI shows lesions that tend to be small on the medial more often than those on the lateral femoral condyle.
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