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Case 51 Osgood-Schlatter disease (Visit this link)

Osgood-Schlatter Disease
* Originally described simultaneously by Osgood and Schlatter in 1903
* Lesion affects adolescent apophysis of proximal tibia (particularly in young athletes)
* More commonly affects boys than girls (3:1)
* Boys are older at presentation (correlates with ossification dates)
* Bilateral 25-50%
* Controversy regarding etiology, natural history, and treatment.

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