A Case Report of Preiser's Disease

Abstract

The patient was a 57-year-old female peasant. Ten years ago she fell and was struck in the left hand, which was lightly swollen. But there was no fracture in the skeleton of the wrist.
She was little symptomatic five years ago when she noted swelling and pain in movement of the left hand. Then she had been treated conservatively, the response was not satisfactory.
Roentogenograms of the left hand joint revealed many findings as follows, such as atrophic flattering of the Scaphoid bone, narrowing of radionavicular joint and destruction of the articular cartilage, the subchondral bone tissue of the radius end.
Therefore both bone drilling and bone peg transplantation were performed to the Scaphoid bone.
In histological examination after the operation necrotic figure was observed.
Over the last three months after the surgical treatment there has been subjective and objective improvement in her condition.