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Osgood-Schlatter disease - adult

Case contributed by Rosa Casandra Quezada Torres
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Left knee pain.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Failure of ossification of the anterior tibial tuberosity, and soft tissue edema on the lateral projection.

Case Discussion

The main complication of Osgood-Schlatter disease in the long term can present with chronic pain due to failure of ossification of the anterior tibial tuberosity.

Remember that the anterior tibial tuberosity develops as a secondary center of ossification between 7-9 years of age, fusing with the tibia between 13-15 years in girls and, 15-19 years in boys.

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