title: Case report: Dieterich's disease in a teenage boy.
abstract: Aseptic metacarpal head necrosis or 'Dieterich disease' is a rare condition, especially in children or adolescents, not routinely described in hand surgery literature reviews. This case report presents course and treatment of a teenage boy with the exceptional fifth ray involved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland. andreas.fette@gmx.de
authors.forename: Andreas Martin
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fette
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular