Andrew Hinkle, Celeste Quitiquit Dickason, Thomas Jinguji, Susan Shenoi, Mahesh Thapa, Michael G Saper, Viviana Bompadre, Gregory A Schmale
BACKGROUND: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of chronic arthritides presenting in patients aged ≤16 years, with a prevalence of 16 to 150 per 100,000. Juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is an idiopathic disease of articular cartilage and subchondral bone, has an onset age of 10 to 16 years, and often affects the knee, with a prevalence of 2 to 18 per 100,000. Currently, there are few studies that have evaluated the relationship between JIA and OCD. HYPOTHESIS: OCD is more prevalent in children with JIA, and when diagnosed in such patients, OCD often presents at an advanced state...
February 2021: Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine