Kohler's disease

Köh·ler's disease (klrz, k-)

n.

Osteochondrosis of the tarsal navicular bone or of the patella.

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osteochondritis Orthopedics Inflammation of bone and joint surfaces–usually aseptic; note: A legacy of the German school of medicine was eponymic immortalization of osteochondritis in each joint

Osteochondritis eponyms

Freiberg's disease–metatarsal head

Haglund's disease–calcaneus

Köhler's disease–tarsal-navicular bones

Legg-Calve-Perthes disease–femoral head

Osgood-Schlatter disease–tibial tubercle

Panner's disease–humeral head

Sinding-Larsen-Johannson disease–patella

Thiemann's disease–metacarpal and metatarsal bones

Wegner's disease–osteochondritis with epiphyseal separation–congenital syphilis