IMAGING CASE

Authors

  • Maria João Vieira Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães
  • Carla Ferreira Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães
  • Susana Soares Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v26.i1.9854

Keywords:

Adolescent, Osgood-Schlatter disease, overuse injury

Abstract

A ten-year-old girl presented with a one week history of left knee pain, exacerbated by movement. She practiced handball regularly, but denied any recent trauma. There was no fever, night pain, fatigue or other constitutional symptoms.

Physical examination revealed swelling and tenderness over the tibial tuberosity without erythema or warmth.

Knee radiograph showed soft-tissue edema and fragmentation of the tibial tuberosity, findings consistent with Osgood-Schlatter disease.

Osgood-Schlatter disease is an overuse injury caused by repetitive strain and chronic avulsion of the secondary ossification center (apophysis) of the tibial tuberosity. It is associated with growth spurts in physically active adolescents.

The patient was treated with anti-inflammatories and rest during one week and gradually returned to activity. There was no recurrence during the two years follow-up.

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References

Gholve PA, Scher DM, Khakharia S, Widmann RF, Green DW. Osgood Schlatter syndrome. Curr Opin Pediatr 2007; 19:44-50.

de Lucena GL, dos Santos Gomes C, Guerra RO. Prevalence and associated factors of Osgood-Schlatter syndrome in a population-based sample of Brazilian adolescents. Am J Sports Med 2011; 39:415-20.

Launay F. Sports-related overuse injuries in children. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2015; 101: S139-47.

Published

2017-04-03

How to Cite

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Vieira MJ, Ferreira C, Soares S. IMAGING CASE. REVNEC [Internet]. 2017Apr.3 [cited 2024Mar.29];26(1):73-4. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/9854

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Imaging Cases

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