*A type of osteochondrosis occurring most commonly in adolescence. 
*Radiographs may show bone fragmentation of the inferior portion of the patella. 
*The cause appears to be a traction phenomenon attributable to contusion or tendinitis of the proximal attachment of the patella tendon with subsequent calcification and ossification.
*It is also called Sinding-Larsen-Johannsen disease. 

 
 
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