The osteochondroses, also called Epiphyseal Ischemic Necrosis , are a relatively common group of orthopaedic disorders of children, which are poorly understood. The immediate cause of bone death is loss of blood supply, but why this occurs remains unclear. The most common osteochondrosis, which occurs in the head of the thighbone. It occurs in youngsters between the ages of three and 13 and is much more frequent in boys than in girls.
Persistent pain is the most prominent symptom.
Uncorrected severe lesions lead to arrest of growth, deformity, and arthritic changes in the hip joint. Shinbone , Osgood-Schlatter disease . Spine , Scheuermann's disease . The disease affects children, most commonly boys, between the ages of 3 and 5 years.