Kienböck's disease in a 12-year-old girl.
A case of avascular necrosis of the lunate in a 12-year-old girl is described. Conservative treatment resulted in a clinically normal wrist at three years' follow-up, despite obvious radiological changes.
De Smet
Luc
L
University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium. Luc.desmet@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013997:Time Factors; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology