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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 90-B, Issue 8 | Pages 1101 - 1104
1 Aug 2008
Vanderstraeten L Binns M

We report a case of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in a young man who is a carrier of the prothrombin gene mutation. We suggest that an electrical injury to his lower limb may have triggered intravascular thrombosis as a result of this mutation with subsequent osteonecrosis of the femoral head. No case of osteonecrosis of the femoral head secondary to a distant electrical injury has previously been reported.