Friedrich's disease: a case report.
An eight-year-old girl was presented with painful swelling of the sternoclavicular joint. Radiological and scintigraphic examinations lead to a diagnosis of Friedrich's disease, aseptic necrosis of the sternal end of the clavicle. It is a rare condition which is to be differentiated from osteomyelitis, arthritis, or tumor. Because it is a self-resolving, benign condition, awareness of this disease will save the patient from unnecessary surgery.
Shimizu
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Awaya
G
G
Matsuda
F
F
Wakita
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S
Mayekawa
M
M
D002648:Child; D002968:Clavicle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging