title: [Dieterich's disease or Kohler III disease or aseptic necrosis of the metacarpal head].
abstract: This article presents a rare disease, aseptic necrosis of the metacarpal head. The study of the literature on the subject and the author's cases reveal that there is no certain etiology. Some cases have a history of trauma but others are spontaneous. A therapeutic attitude is suggested, although not forgetting the rarity of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructrice, Clinique Longeraie, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Egloff
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Droz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000473:pathology*; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000473:pathology*