Case Reports
Bilateral Tibial Tubercle Avulsion Fractures Associated With Osgood-Schlatter's Disease
Am J Orthop. 2008 February;37(2):92-93
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David A. Cohen, MD, and Richard Y. Hinton, MD, MPH, MEd, PT
Dr. Cohen is Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Hinton is Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Union Memorial Hospital, and Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Abstract not available. Introduction provided instead.
Avulsions of the tibial tubercle are rare injuries with a reported incidence of lower than 3%.1,2 Although anecdotal evidence in case reports supports a relationship between Osgood-Schlatter’s disease (OSD) and the risk for tibial tubercle avulsion fractures, no studies have established a definite connection.
This report represents a case of an individual with preexisting OSD who sustained sequential bilateral tibial tubercle avulsion fractures.