Kienbock’s disease and juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Nicholas M Desy; Mitchell Bernstein; Edward J Harvey; Elizabeth Hazel
- Source
- McGill Journal of Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2020)
- Subject
- Kienbock’s disease
osteonecrosis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
lunatomalacia
avascular necrosis
Medicine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1715-8125
Kienbock’s disease or osteonecrosis of the lunate is an uncommon cause of wrist pain. Though there have been several reports of cases in patients with various rheumatologic diseases, the precise etiology has currently not been established. We report a case of Kienbock’s disease that occurred in a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. To our knowledge, this is the first case report with an association between these two conditions.