Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

The etiologies of Keinböck’s disease and intraosseous ganglion remain unknown. Both entities are rare and the coexistence of these two pathologies in the same patient and hand is even less frequent. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with a longstanding history of martial arts practice (karate)...

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Main Authors: Miguel Morón, Florian Oellig, Tomás Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/834063
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spelling doaj-26bac922f4084f778eaaa8bdcb1227a92020-11-24T22:54:31ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572014-01-01201410.1155/2014/834063834063Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureMiguel Morón0Florian Oellig1Tomás Sánchez2Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Tellstraße, 5001 Aarau, SwitzerlandDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Olten, Baslerstraße 150, 4600 Olten, SwitzerlandDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Olten, Baslerstraße 150, 4600 Olten, SwitzerlandThe etiologies of Keinböck’s disease and intraosseous ganglion remain unknown. Both entities are rare and the coexistence of these two pathologies in the same patient and hand is even less frequent. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with a longstanding history of martial arts practice (karate) who developed an avascular necrosis of the lunate concomitant with a giant intraosseous ganglion of the scaphoid bone successfully managed by proximal row carpectomy. We review the literature of these two diseases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/834063
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Florian Oellig
Tomás Sánchez
Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Orthopedics
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Florian Oellig
Tomás Sánchez
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title Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Proximal Row Carpectomy for Coexisting Kienböck’s Disease and Giant Intraosseous Ganglion of the Scaphoid: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort proximal row carpectomy for coexisting kienböck’s disease and giant intraosseous ganglion of the scaphoid: a case report and review of the literature
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Orthopedics
issn 2090-6749
2090-6757
publishDate 2014-01-01
description The etiologies of Keinböck’s disease and intraosseous ganglion remain unknown. Both entities are rare and the coexistence of these two pathologies in the same patient and hand is even less frequent. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with a longstanding history of martial arts practice (karate) who developed an avascular necrosis of the lunate concomitant with a giant intraosseous ganglion of the scaphoid bone successfully managed by proximal row carpectomy. We review the literature of these two diseases.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/834063
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