osteochondrosis
Sign in to saveAlso known as (Osteochondrosis NOS) or (apophysitis NOS) or (epiphysitis NOS) or (osteochondritis NOS), Epiphyseal necrosis, NOS, Osteochondrosis not specified as adult or juvenile, of unspecified site, osteochondritis juvenilis, epiphysiopathy, Epiphyseal necrosis, apophysitis
Osteochondrosis is a family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children, adolescents and rapidly growing animals, particularly pigs, horses, dogs, and broiler chickens. They are characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, in particular to the epiphysis, followed by localized bony necrosis, and later, regrowth of the bone. This disorder is defined as a focal disturbance of endochondral ossification and is regarded as having a multifactorial cause, so no one thing accounts for all aspects of this disease.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Osteochondrosis
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Research
3,598 papers- Apophysitis and Osteochondrosis: Common Causes of Pain in Growing Bones.American family physician · 2019
- Imaging of osteochondrosis.Pediatric radiology · 2019
- [Osteochondrosis in children and adolescents].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
- An Update on the Pathogenesis of Osteochondrosis.Veterinary pathology · 2015
- Osteochondrosis in horses: An overview of genetic and other factors.Equine veterinary journal · 2026
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- Osteochondrosis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34879
- ICPC 2 ID
- L94
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- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:8125
- ICD-9-CM
- 732.6
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12 sectionsContents
- In animals
- Signs and symptoms
- Symptoms in animals
- Cause
- Factors
- Diagnosis
- Classification
- Treatment
- Prognosis
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Osteochondrosis is a family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children, adolescents and rapidly growing animals, particularly pigs, horses, dogs, and broiler chickens. They are characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, in particular to the epiphysis, followed by localized bony necrosis, and later, regrowth of the bone. This disorder is defined as a focal disturbance of endochondral ossification and is regarded as having a multifactorial cause, so no one thing accounts for all aspects of this disease.
Osteochondrosis is a developmental disease. It usually occurs in an early stage of life. It has personified features as focal chondronecrosis and confinement of growth cartilage due to a failing of endochondral ossification. Fissures can develop from lesions over the top articular cartilage and form a cartilage flap and an osteochondral fragment. It is diagnosed as osteochondritis dissecans.