title: Bilateral Kienböck's disease.
abstract: Bilateral Kienböck's disease is very rare. We report here five cases of bilateral Kienböck's disease in the wrist. Of the five patients, two were manual workers and one was a housewife. The two other patients were retired and had received steroids for long periods to control autoimmune disease. The mean ulnar variance was 1. 8 (0-5) mm, and none of the patients had negative variance, indicating that negative ulnar variance was not a major risk factor for the development of bilateral Kienböck's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, 27, 7-Bancho, Wakayama 640-8156, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaki
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000473:pathology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones