Medicine:Osteochondritis
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| Specialty | Orthopedics |
Osteochondritis is a painful type of osteochondrosis where the cartilage or bone in a joint is inflamed.[1]
It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (OCD). The term dissecans refers to the "creation of a flap of cartilage that further dissects away from its underlying subchondral attachments (dissecans)".[2]
The other recognized types of osteochondritis are osteochondritis deformans juvenilis (osteochondritis of the capitular head of the epiphysis of the femur)[1] and osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi (osteochondrosis of the spinal vertebrae, also known as Scheuermann's disease).[1][3]
Osteochondritis, and especially osteochondritis dissecans, can manifest in animals as a primary cause of elbow dysplasia, a chronic condition in some dog breeds.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Osteochondritis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ↑ "CAL > Home". http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/saortho/chapter_84/84mast.htm.
- ↑ Scheuermann's+disease at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- ↑ Quoted from: Matthew Pead and Sue Guthrie. "Elbow Dysplasia in dogs – a new scheme explained". British Veterinary Association (BVA). http://www.bva.co.uk/public/documents/chs_elbow.pdf.
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