Fact-sheet: Anterior Tibial tuberosity osteochondrosis - Osgood - Schlatter Diseas
Updated on 09/17/2021 at 12:16 PM
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Definition
Osteochondrosis of the tibial tuberosity secondary to repeated microtrauma
Radiography
- Soft tissue swelling overlying the tibial tuberosity
- Blurring of the distal patellar tendon
- Increased density of the Hoffa fat pad
- Fissuring, fragmentation, or avulsion of the tibial tuberosity ossification center
MRI
- T1 hypointensity - T2 hyperintensity of the ossification center
- Signal abnormalities of the underlying tibial cancellous bone
- Edema of the distal patellar tendon, of the overlying subcutaneous soft tissues, and underlying bursitis