Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis is a family of disorders that affect bone growth in children and adolescents. The disruption of blood flow to the joints is often the cause - Joe Bowman
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Osteochondrosis: Common Causes of Pain in Growing Bones
The term osteochondrosis is used to describe a group of disorders that affect patients with an immature skeleton. The etiology of joint pain in these patients is often from osteochondrosis, although traumatic, inflammatory, or infectious origins should be ruled out as well. Osteochondrosis results from abnormal development, injury, or overuse of the growth plate and surrounding ossification centers. Overall, boys are more affected and symptoms generally appear between 10 and 14 years of age. It is thought that boys are more commonly affected because of their greater susceptibility to childhood trauma and overuse injuries
Articles of Interest
An Update on the Pathogenesis of Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis was confirmed to be the result of vascular failure and ischemic chondronecrosis in horses.
The Pathogenesis of Osteochondrosis in Humans and Animals
Osteochondrosis is a disease involving failure of endochondral ossification that occurs in growing animals and children in highly specific predilection sites, resulting in the formation of a cartilaginous or osseocartilaginous flap that causes pain and locking of the joint. In veterinary medicine, the term “osteochondrosis” (OC) is used for all stages of the disease and all affected sites. In human medicine, “osteochondritis dissecans” (OCD), is the preferred term for clinical disease involving the distal femur/knee joint. In other affected sites in humans, the disease is named after the physician(s) who first recognized it at that site; the disease in humans is further subdivided into adult and juvenile forms.
What Are Osteochondroses?
Osteochondrosis is a family of disorders that affect bone growth in children and adolescents. The disruption of blood flow to the joints is often the cause. Though certain diseases in this family can affect older adults, they’re most likely to affect children and teenagers whose bones are still growing. Osteochondroses may cause pain and disability.
What is osteochondrosis?
Osteochondrosis is a group of medical disorders affecting the growth and development of bone and cartilage in young children and adolescents. It can affect any joints of a developing child but are most common in the hip, knee, ankle, and foot. Osteochondrosis can cause significant pain and affect the child’s ability to walk.
What’s the Difference Between Osteochondrosis and Osteochondritis Dissecans?
Osteochondrosis is a group of conditions characterized by a loss of blood supply to a bone, leading to the breakdown and regrowth of bone tissue. Osteochondritis dissecans is one type.
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Harvard Catalyst
Any of a group of bone disorders involving one or more ossification centers (EPIPHYSES). It is characterized by degeneration or NECROSIS followed by revascularization and reossification. Osteochondrosis often occurs in children causing varying degrees of discomfort or pain. There are many eponymic types for specific affected areas, such as tarsal navicular (Kohler disease) and tibial tuberosity (Osgood-Schlatter disease).
Physiopedia
Osteochondrosis is the descriptive term given to a group of disorders affecting an ossification centre in a child or adolescent resulting in alteration of endochondral ossification. These are usually self-limited conditions that often result in activity-related pain, which can at times be disabling. Treatment is based on the severity of symptoms and commonly includes restriction of activity.
Radiopaedia
Osteochondrosis (plural: osteochondroses) is the descriptive term given to a group of disorders that affect the progress of bone growth by bone necrosis. It is only seen in children and adolescents who are still growing.
