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Abstract
Injury to or abnormality of developing distal femoral chondroepiphysis blood supply has been implicated in osteochondritis dissecans development. Progressive decrease in epiphyseal cartilage blood supply occurs in normal development; however, based on animal studies, it is hypothesized that there is greater decrease in regions more prone to osteochondritis dissecans lesions. We aimed to quantify differential regional perfusion of the immature distal femoral chondroepiphysis. We hypothesized there is decreased perfusion in the lateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle, the classic osteochondritis dissecans lesion location.Five fresh-frozen human cadaveric knees (0-6?months old) were utilized. The superficial femoral artery was cannulated proximally and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging performed using a previously reported protocol for quantifying osseous and soft tissue perfusion. Regions of interest were defined, and signal enhancement changes between pre- and post-contrast images, normalized to background muscle, were compared.When comparing average normalized post-contrast signal enhancement of whole condyles, as well as distal, posterior, and inner (toward the notch) aspects of the medial and lateral condyles, no significant perfusion differences between condyles were found. In the medial condyle, no significant perfusion difference was found between the medial and lateral aspects.We quantified immature distal femoral chondroepiphysis regional vascularity in the early post-natal knee. In specimens aged 0-6?months, no distinct watershed region was detected. Despite possible limitations, given small sample size, as well as resolution of magnetic resonance imaging and analysis, our results suggest the hypothesized vascular abnormality predisposing osteochondritis dissecans either does not occur universally or occurs after this developmental age.
View details for DOI 10.1177/18632521221084179
View details for PubMedID 35620125
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC9127880