Human growth hormone and the development of osteochondritis dissecans lesions
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Waqas M. Hussain • Haroon M. Hussain • Mohammed S. Hussain • Sherwin S. W. Ho
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
No single etiology regarding the cause of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions is unanimously accepted. This report documents a novel case of multiple OCD lesions affecting the left knee and a solitary defect of the right elbow in a patient with acquired human growth hormone (hGH) deficiency and supplementation. hGH deficiency and hormone replacement may be related to the development of OCD lesions
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc DOI 10.1007/s00167-010-1370-3 Received: 18 March 2010 / Accepted: 13 December 2010
