Group of bone disorders in the growing skeleton in which centres of ossification undergo an aseptic necrosis, then resorption of bone, and then repair.
80% of osteochondroses occur in lower limb – 28% in foot.
Characteristic pathologic mechanism is impairment of vascular supply to an area of skeletal growth cause of this is unknown – common theory is acute or chronic repetitive trauma.
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Sub Topics:
- Buschke disease (Osteochondrosis of the Cuneiform bones)
- Calcaneal Apophysitis
- Diaz (Mouchet’s) Disease
- Distal Tibial Epiphysitis
- Freiberg's Disease
- Iselin Disease
- Kohler's Disease
- Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osteochondrosis of Os navicularis
- Severs Disease
- Thiemann’s Disease
- Traction Apophysitis of the Medial Malleolus
- Treves’ or Ilfeld’s Disease
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