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Concomitant Bilateral Kienböck and Legg-Calvé-Perthes Diseases

Ahmadreza Afshar1, Ali Tabrizi1, Hasan Taleb1

  • 1Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
|May 11, 2026
PubMed
Summary

This study details a rare case of simultaneous avascular necrosis in both wrists (Kienböck disease) and hips (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease). Surgical treatment resolved the patient's wrist pain, leading to satisfactory outcomes.

Keywords:
Atraumatic osteonecrosisAvascular necrosisKienböck diseaseLegg–Calvé–Perthes diseaseMultifocal osteonecrosis

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