osteochondrosis dissecans
osteochondritis dissecans

Some authors have used the terms osteochondrosis dissecans and osteochondral fragments as synonyms for OCD.

The last lesion is called osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD), and can develop further into degenerative joint disease, such as osteoarthrosis.

Osteochondrosis dissecans, or OCD is a developmental defect in the cartilage or of cartilage and bone seen in particular locations on the surface of the tarsocrural joint.

The breed is susceptible to hip dysplasia and osteochondritis dissecans.

Throughout the selection process Vaculik suffered from osteochondritis dissecans in her right elbow.

It follows that the two main forms of osteochondritis dissecans are defined by skeletal maturity.

Radiographs of the knees were erroneously interpreted as showing osteochondritis dissecans.

The Wilson test is a test used to detect the presence of osteochondritis dissecans in the knee.

The choice of surgical versus non-surgical treatments for osteochondritis dissecans is controversial.

Osteochondritis dissecans is difficult to diagnose clinically as the animal may only exhibit an unusual gait.

Trauma, rather than avascular necrosis, is thought to cause osteochondritis dissecans in juveniles.

In osteochondritis dissecans, fragments of cartilage or bone become loose within a joint, leading to pain and inflammation.

If a sprain does not appear to be healing, a condition known as osteochondritis dissecans may be present, causing persistent symptoms.

Osteochondritis dissecans differs from "wear and tear" degenerative arthritis, which is primarily an articular surface problem.

(see Osteochondritis dissecans).

Franz König coined the term osteochondritis dissecans in 1887, describing it as an inflammation of the bone-cartilage interface.

The condition, osteochondritis dissecans lesion, is marked by damage to the cartilage in the knee and could result in pain and swelling.

Pathologies of the epiphysis include avascular necrosis and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD).

It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (sometimes spelt dessecans, and abbreviated OCD).

Osteochondritis dissecans causes pain and decreased movement when a piece of bone or cartilage or both inside the knee joint loses blood supply and dies.

X-rays showed a problem, Osteochondritis dissecans of the left femoral condyle, in which a part of the bone, was becoming detached from the femur.

Jumping horses can also be at a higher risk of developing osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) or other arthritic conditions, even at a young age.

If avascular necrosis involves the bones of a joint, it often leads to destruction of the joint articular surfaces (see osteochondritis dissecans).

Inflammation or decreased blood supply (avascular necrosis) to the bone and cartilage, which may cause the bone to separate from the cartilage (osteochondritis dissecans).

In a league game at Dundalk in September 1989 Coyle sustained a knee injury which turned out to be a condition called osteochondritis dissecans .

Osteochondritis, and especially osteochondritis dissecans, can manifest in animals as a primary cause of elbow dysplasia, a chronic condition in some species and breeds.

König named the disease "osteochondritis dissecans", describing it as a subchondral inflammatory process of the knee, resulting in a loose fragment of cartilage from the femoral condyle.

A piece of bone inside the elbow joint may die (osteochondritis dissecans) and become caught in the elbow joint after an injury or from overuse of the elbow.