Kohler disease


Köh·ler dis·ease

(ku'ler), osteonecrosis of the tarsal navicular bone or of the patella.

Köh·ler dis·ease

(kĕr'lĕr di-zēz') Osteonecrosis of the tarsal navicular bone or of the patella.

Kohler disease

(kōl′ĕr) [Alban Kohler, Ger. physician, 1874–1947] 1. Aseptic necrosis of the navicular bone of the wrist.2. Osteochondrosis of the head of the second metatarsal bone of the foot.

Köhler,

Alban, German radiologist, 1874-1947. Köhler disease - epiphysial aseptic necrosis of the tarsal navicular bone or of the patella.