Spontaneous and bilateral avascular necrosis of the navicula: Müller-Weiss disease

• DOI: 10.5606/ehc.2016.36
• Publication Date: 2017-01-12T07:00:35Z
• Authors: Erdem Aktas
• Keywords: Avascular Necrosis; Navicular bone; Tarsal Bone; Etiology; Tarsal Joint; Osteochondritis

Although, trauma, foot deformity (pes planovalgus), systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus and lupus, drugs (steroids, antineoplastic) excessive alcohol consumption have all been accused in the etiology of avascular necrosis tarsal bones, spontaneous navicular bone, especially adults, is a rare entity.In this article, we report 50-year-old female patient with bilateral, bone related severe talonavicular arthrosis.Clinical radiological findings were concordant Müller-Weiss disease, which disease complex idiopathic condition adult characterized by progressive fragmentation joint destruction.The was successfully treated twostaged bilateral arthrodesis.