title: Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the capitate bone associated with gout.
abstract: A male patient with gout, complaining of wrist pain, in the absence of trauma, was found to have an avascular necrosis of the capitate bone. A scapho-luno-capitate arthrodesis was performed.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Willemen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kimpe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001174:Arthrodesis; D001864:Bone Wires; D002348:Carpal Bones; D003646:Debridement; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular