osteochondritis of tarsal/metatarsal bone
Findings
No curated finding names osteochondritis of tarsal/metatarsal bone yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare bone disease characterized by avascular necrosis of the navicular bone in children. Patients present with sudden unexplained foot pain, inability to bear weight, and limping. Radiographic features include flattening, fragmentation, and patchy sclerosis of the navicular bone. Soft tissue swelling may be associated. The condition is most commonly unilateral and self-limiting. Boys are more often affected than girls.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016086), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal tarsal ossificationHPOHP:0008369
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Ankle painHPOHP:0030840
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Antalgic gaitHPOHP:0031955
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ChondritisHPOHP:0100662
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Flattening of the talar domeHPOHP:0008144
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Foot painHPOHP:0025238
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Pedal edemaHPO
Show the remaining 1
- Osteochondritis dissecansHPOHP:0010886
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: osteochondritis of tarsal/metatarsal bone
- Also called
- aseptic necrosis of the tarsal bonejuvenile osteochondrosis of footKohler diseaseKohler's diseaseOsteochondrosis of the tarsal bone