Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Kienbock's Disease in a Child

Document Type : Case Report(s)

Authors

Masoud Shayesteh Azar
Seyed Ahmad Shahab Kowsarian
Mohammad Ali Mohseni-Bandpei
Atefeh Hadian

Department of Orthopaedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Mazandaran, Iran

Abstract
Kienbock's disease, which is an idiopathic osteonecrosis and collapse of the lunate bone, is an uncommon disease in children. This report describes a case of an 11-year-old girl, who presented with avascular necrosis of lunate bone confirmed by radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging evidence. After a short period of casting, the case was fully recovered within one year. The signal change was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, and the deformity of lunate that was demonstrated by avascular necrosis. The patient wore a long arm cast for six weeks, and after one year radiographic pattern was normalized.

Keywords

Kienbock's disease
lunate
osteonecrosis
avascular necrosis
Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 36, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
16
June 2011
Pages 133-135

  • Received 23 April 2014
  • Revised 24 August 2020
  • Accepted 24 December 2018

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