Disease Information for Osteochondrosis, tarsal/navicular (Kohler)

Osteochonditis tarsal navicular; congenital-developmental with degenerative bone in joint; Kohler Disease; Kohler"s First Disease (of the Tarsal Navicular);Kohler"s Osteochondrosis of the Tarsal Navicular; Navicular Osteochondrosis; this is a rare bone disorder of the foot in children that may be the result of stress-related compression at a critical time during the period of growth; It is characterized by limping caused by pain and swelling in the foot; It most often occurs in children between the ages of three and seven, and it affects males five times more often than it does females; Typically, just one foot is affected; Children appear to grow out of the disorder, and the affected bones regain their size, density and structure within a year; For some, however, symptoms may last as long as two years--------(NORD 2005)-------------------------------Köhler"s disease I; Köhler’s syndrome I; Köhler’s bone disease; Köhler-Mouchet disease; Panner’s syndrome I; Aseptic necrosis of the navicular bone of the ankle, os naviculare pedis retardatum, osteochondritis of the tarsal navicular bone, osteochondrosis juvenilis, osteonecrosis of the tarsal navicular, spontaneous epiphyseal necrosis of the os naviculare pedis, tarsal scaphoiditis; An avascular necrosis of the tarsal navicular bone and, less frequently, the patella, possibly due to repetitive compressive forces which cause a loss of blood supply and fragmentation in a bone that is not fully ossified; More common in males; onset at 3 to 8 years of age; Asymptomatic or pain on medial side of foot; Tenderness on palpation and swelling over area of navicular bone; Slight, usually unilateral, limp ---------[whonamedit_com 2005]-----

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