[Osgood-Schlatter disease in military personnel]

Clinical and radiological manifestations and outcomes of Osgood - Schlatter disease in 141 serviceman held military service are presented. Patients had the late stage of disease. Authors describe four options of radiological signs. Indications for surgical treatment are substantiated. Proved traumatic nature of the disease in the adolescent growth period. Analysis of observational data allows us to conclude that the primary manifestations of trauma of shinbone area can occur in patellar ligament and apophasis of shinbone. In old cases of Osgood-Schlatter disease location and nature of the damage can be determined by hystotope analysis. This disease is one of the manifestations of heterotopic ossification.