Clinics in diagnostic imaging (202). Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD).

Author: Jeremy Jia Hong LAM ¹ ; Sandeep Halagatti VENKATESH ² ; Chi Long HO ² ; Bak Siew Steven WONG ²
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1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
2. Department of Radiology, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Osgood-Schlatter disease; diagnostic imaging; education; knee; osteochondrosis
From:Singapore medical journal 2019;60(12):610-615
CountrySingapore
Language:English
Abstract: A 14-year-old boy presented with left anterior knee pain, which was aggravated by exercise and relieved by rest. On clinical examination, there was tenderness at the tibial tuberosity with reproducible pain on resisted active extension of the knee. Radiographs showed heterotopic ossification of the patellar tendon with irregularity and fragmentation of the tibial tubercle. Clinical and radiological findings were consistent with Osgood-Schlatter disease, which is a traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle commonly occurring in adolescents. The clinical presentation and imaging features are discussed.