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Stage II of AVN



- Discussion:
    - this extends over several months and sometimes much longer;
    - clinical signs persist, or worsen, & radiographs show changes in trabecular pattern of femoral head;
    - sclerosis may be diffuse, in localized areas, or in a linear arc which is concave superiorly