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Kohler's disease[′kō·lərz di‚zēz] (medicine) osteochondrosis Kohler's disease
osteochondritis Orthopedics Inflammation of bone and joint surfaces–usually aseptic; note: A legacy of the German school of medicine was eponymic immortalization of osteochondritis in each joint Osteochondritis eponyms Freiberg's disease–metatarsal head Haglund's disease–calcaneus Köhler's disease–tarsal-navicular bones Legg-Calve-Perthes disease–femoral head Osgood-Schlatter disease–tibial tubercle Panner's disease–humeral head Sinding-Larsen-Johannson disease–patella Thiemann's disease–metacarpal and metatarsal bones Wegner's disease–osteochondritis with epiphyseal separation–congenital syphilis Kohler's disease 1. OSTEOCHONDRITIS of the SCAPHOID bone of the foot. A condition affecting children and adolescents. There is a defect in the blood supply to the bone, from compression of the foot arch, leading to central bone death (necrosis). Weight-bearing must be avoided during the active stage of the disease, but spontaneous healing occurs. 2. Osteochondritis of the head of the bone in the palm articulating with the forefinger (second metatarsal bone). (Alban Kohler, 1874–1947, German radiologist). |