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Kohler’s Disease I



- Discussion:
    - self limiting avasulcar necrosis of the navicular;
    - usually unilateral and affects children, most often boys;
    - onset is at age 4 in boys and age 5 in girls;
    - navicular is subjected to repetitive compressive forces during wt bearing which may be a risk factor for AVN;
           - navicular is last bone in foot to ossify & delayed ossification appears to make the navicular more vulnerable to compressive damage;
           - compressive forces can occlude the vessels of the soft ossification center redering it avascular;
    - prognosis:
           - disease is self limiting & prognosis is excellent;
           - navicular typically regains its normal shape before foot completes growth, and normal ossification is usually completed in two years;


- Clinical Manifestations:
    - painful limp, shifting weight to lateral edge of foot to relieve pressure on longitudinal arch;
    - pain tenderness, and swelling develop in the region of the navicular;
    - contraction of tibialis posterior muscle may be painful;


- Radiologic Findings:
    - navicular shows patchy areas of sclerosis and rarefication w/ loss of normal trabecular pattern;
    - navicular may appear collapsed or in some cases will have normal shape with a uniform increase in density and minimal fragmentation;
    - it is occassionally seen on opposite, asymptomatic foot;


- Treatment:
    - symptomatic treatment is needed for the pain and swelling;
    - soft longitundinal arch supporters, medial heel wedge, and limitation of strenuous activity;
    - if pain is severe or persists, a short leg walking cast may be used for 4 to 6 weeks, followed by use of shoe modifications



 Köhler's disease of the tarsal navicular: long-term follow-up of 12 cases.

 Köhler's disease of the tarsal navicular

 The Ossification and Vascularisation of the Tarsal Navicular and Their Relation to Köhler's Disease.



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