Mueller-Weiss syndrome
Synonyms: Brailsford disease | Mueller-Weiss osteonecrosis of the tarsal bone
A rare bone disease characterized by spontaneous adult-onset tarsal navicular osteonecrosis. Patients present with chronic mid- and hindfoot pain swelling and tenderness over the dorsomedial aspect of the midfoot flattening of the medial longitudinal arch and pes planovarus. Radiographic findings include comma-shaped deformity due to collapse of the lateral part of the navicular bone and medial or dorsal protrusion of a portion or the entire bone. The condition may be bilateral or asymmetric and associated with pathological fractures.
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