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Spontaneous Versus Atraumatic Osteonecrosis of the Knee (continued)1
Answer: Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee.

Fig. 1
Fig. 1 Coronal T1-weighted image showing spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee involving the femoral condyle (arrow).

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A forty-year-old man receiving chronic steroid therapy for asthma had pain in the medial aspect of the knee. Plain radiographs showed no osseous abnormalities.

Fig. 2
A magnetic resonance image was acquired (Fig. 2).

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What is the diagnosis?

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