- Osteochondritis
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Osteochondritis Classification and external resources ICD-10 M93.9 ICD-9 732.9 DiseasesDB 9320 MeSH D010007 Osteochondritis is a painful type of osteochondrosis where the cartilage or bone in a joint is inflamed.[1]
It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (sometimes spelled dessecans, and abbreviated 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 species and breeds.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Osteochondritis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/saortho/chapter_84/84mast.htm
- ^ MeSH Scheuermann's+disease
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
See also
Osteochondropathy (M80–M94, 730–733) Osteopathies endocrine bone disease: Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Brown tumor)infectious bone disease: Osteomyelitis (Sequestrum, Involucrum) · Sesamoiditis · Brodie abscess · PeriostitisBone density
and structureDensity / metabolic bone diseaseContinuity of boneOtherFibrous dysplasia (Monostotic, Polyostotic) · Skeletal fluorosis · bone cyst (Aneurysmal bone cyst) · Hyperostosis (Infantile cortical hyperostosis) · Osteosclerosis (Melorheostosis)OtherChondropathies OtherBoth Osteochondritislower limb: hip (Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome) · tibia (Osgood-Schlatter disease, Blount's disease) · foot (Köhler disease, Sever's disease)Categories:- Chondropathies
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