{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Osteochondritis | synonyms = | image = | caption = | pronounce = | field = Orthopedics | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Osteochondritis''' is a painful type of osteochondrosis where the cartilage or bone in a joint is inflamed.<ref name="dorlands">{{DorlandsDict|six/000076384|Osteochondritis}}</ref>
It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (OCD). The term ''dissecans'' refers to the "creation of a flap of cartilage that further dissects away from its underlying subchondral attachments (dissecans)".<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/saortho/chapter_84/84mast.htm | title=CAL > Home | website=cal.vet.upenn.edu | access-date=August 20, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913072129/http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/saortho/chapter_84/84mast.htm | archive-date=September 13, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
The other recognized types of osteochondritis are osteochondritis deformans juvenilis (osteochondritis of the capitular head of the epiphysis of the femur)<ref name="dorlands" /> and osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi (osteochondrosis of the spinal vertebrae, also known as Scheuermann's disease).<ref name="dorlands" /><ref>{{MeshName|Scheuermann's+disease}}</ref>
Osteochondritis, and especially osteochondritis dissecans, can manifest in animals as a primary cause of elbow dysplasia, a chronic condition in some dog breeds.<ref name="Pead and Guthrie">Quoted from: {{cite web|last=Matthew Pead and Sue Guthrie|title=Elbow Dysplasia in dogs – a new scheme explained|url=http://www.bva.co.uk/public/documents/chs_elbow.pdf|publisher=British Veterinary Association (BVA)|access-date=2010-07-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002022122/http://www.bva.co.uk/public/documents/chs_elbow.pdf|archive-date=2011-10-02}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Medical resources | DiseasesDB = 9320 | ICD10 = {{ICD10|M|93|9|m|91}} | ICD9 = {{ICD9|732.9}} | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D010007 }} {{Osteochondropathy}}
Category:Chondropathies Category:Inflammations
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