[A boy with a painful foot].
A 4-year-old boy visited the emergency department with a painful foot. We diagnosed osteochondrosis of the tarsal navicular, also known as Köhler's disease. The patient was successfully treated with a plaster bandage for 4 weeks.
St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, afd. Heelkunde, Tilburg, the Netherlands. l.graat@elisabeth.nl
Leon J
LJ
Graat
Eelke
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Bosma
D001458:Bandages; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000002:abnormalities; D055034:Osteochondrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D011859:Radiography; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome