Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 1977 · 38 citations · 0 references
MedicineOrthopaedic SurgeryOrthopedic SurgeryOrthopedicsBone DisordersBone PathologyJoint DegenerationJoint DiseaseMusculoskeletal PathologyOsteoarthritisAge-related Joint DegenerationCausal HypothesesOsteoarthritis Association
A case of osteopetrosis has been described in which bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips occurred before the age of 40. As the osteoarthritis was not explicable on the bases of deformity it was considered that osteoprtrosis might be the etiological factor. Further circumstantial evidence for this causal relationship has been found in a review of the literature.