UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0751

Question:
A middle aged woman has severe collapse of the right femoral head requiring replacement. The removed femoral head is sent for pathology and is found to contain enlarged fat cells. The pathologist explains that this is the likely cause of the patient's femoral head collapse. A likely aetiology is

a) Gaucher's disease
b) missed fracture
c) Cushing's disease
d) radiation
e) vasculitis