Bilateral osteochondritis dissecans of the shoulder

Keywords:

osteochondritis dissecans; chondral defect; humeral head; humeral defect; shoulder arthroscopy


Published online: Jan 22 2023

https://doi.org/10.52628/88.3.9419

Barbara J. C. Favier, Daniël M. C. Janssen

From the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at St.-Trudo Hospital, Sint-Truiden in Belgium

Abstract

Osteochondritis dissecans as a pathology is pre-dominantly described in the knee, elbow and ankle. Osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral head is a more uncommon reported injury. We present a case of a bilateral osteochondritis dissecans of the humeral head in a 16-year-old soccer player and an algorithm for treatment of OCD of the humeral head.

To our knowledge this has never been described so specifically in literature before.

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Volume 88, issue 3.

Sep 2022.

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