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| Issue : 2 | Page : 127-129 |
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Fungal osteomyelitis with avascular necrosis of femoral head in a known sickle cell anaemia patient
MOA Samaila1, AA Babadoko2, MI Maitama3, LZ Yau3, K Adoke1, A Adebayo2
1 Department of Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Department of Haematology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
MOA Samaila
Department of Pathology, A.B.U.T.H, Zaria
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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Fungal infection at the same site of an avascular necrosis (AVN) in sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is a rarity even though the incidence of deep fungal infection in recent time has been steadily increasing in immune-compromised, chronically ill and debilitated persons. The prevalence of AVN in SCA is approximately 10% while the burden of sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa is highest globally. We present a 17year old SCA female with an AVN of right femur head and a concurrent African histoplasmosis.
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