Have you ever been presented with a child with a foot deformity? Is the child showing abnormality in navicular bone? Perhaps, it can be a rare condition known as Kohler’s disease. This article will provide an overview of Kohler’s disease. Kohler’s disease is a rare bone disorder of the foot in children. It is found more commonly in boys than in girls.
The disease is thought to be a result of stress-related compression at a critical time during the period of growth. It most often occurs in children between the ages of 3 to 7 years. The disease is identified to be 5 times more prevalent in boys than in girls. In majority of the cases the symptoms or condition is self-correcting and affected bones regain their size, structure and density within a year. In few cases, these corrections may take over a two years. It is thought that the disease occurs due to necrosis of the navicular bone.…
