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Epiphysitis

MedGen UID:
507693
•Concept ID:
C0014574
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Dysplasia of growth plate; Physeal dysplasia; Physeal Dysplasia; Physitis
SNOMED CT: Epiphysitis (85840009); Physeal dysplasia (85840009); Dysplasia of growth plate (85840009); Physitis (85840009)

Definition

Disorganization of the physeal chondrocytes with or without increased thickness of physis. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEpiphysitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of Osgood-Schlatter's disease (tibial tubercle epiphysitis); case reports.
STINCHFIELD AJ
J Maine Med Assoc 1958 Mar;49(3):96-8. PMID: 13514329

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Primary pyomyositis in children.
Elzohairy MM
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2018 May;104(3):397-403. Epub 2017 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.12.005. PMID: 29274860
Vertebral deformity in men.
Mann T, Oviatt SK, Wilson D, Nelson D, Orwoll ES
J Bone Miner Res 1992 Nov;7(11):1259-65. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.5650071120. PMID: 1466252
Brucellar spondylitis: a detailed analysis based on current findings.
Ariza J, Gudiol F, Valverde J, Pallarés R, Fernández-Viladrich P, Rufí G, Espadaler L, Fernández-Nogues F
Rev Infect Dis 1985 Sep-Oct;7(5):656-64. doi: 10.1093/clinids/7.5.656. PMID: 3903944

Diagnosis

Problems With Medium-Sized Joints: Wrist Conditions.
Nguyen ET, Marsh L, Line S, Fry C
FP Essent 2023 Dec;535:7-12. PMID: 38109044
Primary pyomyositis in children.
Elzohairy MM
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2018 May;104(3):397-403. Epub 2017 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.12.005. PMID: 29274860
Overuse and throwing injuries in the skeletally immature athlete.
Hutchinson MR, Ireland ML
Instr Course Lect 2003;52:25-36. PMID: 12690838
Brucellar spondylitis: a detailed analysis based on current findings.
Ariza J, Gudiol F, Valverde J, Pallarés R, Fernández-Viladrich P, Rufí G, Espadaler L, Fernández-Nogues F
Rev Infect Dis 1985 Sep-Oct;7(5):656-64. doi: 10.1093/clinids/7.5.656. PMID: 3903944
Calcaneal epiphysitis in adolescent athletes.
McKenzie DC, Taunton JE, Clement DB, Smart GW, McNicol KL
Can J Appl Sport Sci 1981 Sep;6(3):123-5. PMID: 7296746

Therapy

Primary pyomyositis in children.
Elzohairy MM
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2018 May;104(3):397-403. Epub 2017 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.12.005. PMID: 29274860
Brucellar spondylitis: a detailed analysis based on current findings.
Ariza J, Gudiol F, Valverde J, Pallarés R, Fernández-Viladrich P, Rufí G, Espadaler L, Fernández-Nogues F
Rev Infect Dis 1985 Sep-Oct;7(5):656-64. doi: 10.1093/clinids/7.5.656. PMID: 3903944
Epiphysitis in congenital dislocation of the hip.
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1981 Mar 21;282(6268):926-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.282.6268.926. PMID: 6781655Free PMC Article
Subcutaneous atrophy following methylprednisolone injection in Osgood-Schlatter epiphysitis.
Rostron PK, Calver RF
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1979 Jun;61(4):627-8. PMID: 438257

Prognosis

Brucellar spondylitis: a detailed analysis based on current findings.
Ariza J, Gudiol F, Valverde J, Pallarés R, Fernández-Viladrich P, Rufí G, Espadaler L, Fernández-Nogues F
Rev Infect Dis 1985 Sep-Oct;7(5):656-64. doi: 10.1093/clinids/7.5.656. PMID: 3903944
The sagging rope sign in Perthes' disease and allied disorders.
Apley AG, Wientroub S
J Bone Joint Surg Br 1981 Feb;63-B(1):43-7. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.63B1.7204473. PMID: 7204473

Clinical prediction guides

Brucellosis in an adult female from Fate Bell Rock Shelter, Lower Pecos, Texas (4000-1300 BP).
Jones C
Int J Paleopathol 2019 Mar;24:252-264. Epub 2019 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.01.005. PMID: 30710889
Vertebral deformity in men.
Mann T, Oviatt SK, Wilson D, Nelson D, Orwoll ES
J Bone Miner Res 1992 Nov;7(11):1259-65. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.5650071120. PMID: 1466252

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