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Osgood-Schlatter disease

Etymology:

The condition is named after Robert Bayley Osgood (1873–1956), an American orthopedic surgeon, and Carl B. Schlatter (1864–1934), a Swiss surgeon, who described the condition independently in 1903.

Definition:

Epiphysitis of the tibial tubercle; an irritation of the patellar ligament at the tibial tuberosity, characterized by painful lumps just below the knee; most often seen in young adolescents. Also known as tibial tuberosity avulsion.

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