Osteochondral Cylinder Transplantation of First Metatarsal Head Secondary to Behcet′s Disease (Delayed Radiographic Changes): A Case Report

Mahbod Arefi

Department of Podiatric Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 234 Goodman St, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA

^*Correspondance to: Mahbod Arefi 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1415

Abstract

Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem disease with typically non deforming articular manifestations. Erosive arthropathy is an uncommon condition in patients with BD. Radiographic studies alone, could be misguiding in early stages of the disease. An osteochondral defect of the first metatarsal head is a rare clinical finding leading to osteochondral dissecans. The majority of case series studies reported in the medical literature regarding osteochondral auto/allo-grafting deals with chondral lesions of the knee, shoulder and the ankle. We report such a case, where a calcium sulfate implant was used for the first metatarsal head lesion in a patient with Behçet's disease.

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Arefi M. Osteochondral Cylinder Transplantation of First Metatarsal Head Secondary to Behcet′s Disease (Delayed Radiographic Changes): A Case Report. Clin Surg. 2017; 2: 1415.