Intralesional Injection of Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Knee Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

Intralesional Injection of Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Knee Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

Case: An 18-year-old female patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and corticosteroid-associated extensive bilateral symptomatic knee Osteonecrosis (ON) (Ficat IV), treated with sequential intralesional injections of autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) under ultrasound guidan...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Kouroupis, Amir F. Ahari, Diego Correa, Riam Shammaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Subjects:
osteonecrosis
systemic lupus erythematosus
bone marrow aspirate concentrate
mesenchymal stem cells
endothelial progenitor cells
cellular therapy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00202/full

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