Case report: Dieterich's disease in a teenage boy.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Metacarpal Bones
- Osteonecrosis
Anatomy
- hand