A rare disease of the pediatric pelvis: Van Neck-Odelberg disease
Selçuk Korkmazer1
, Ahmet Yiğit Kaptan2, Toygun Kağan Eren3, Ömercan Sepetçi2, İbrahim Tekpınar2, Hasan Mehmet Tıraş2
1Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Karabük Training and Research Hospital, Karabük, Turkey
2Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Şanlıurfa, Turkey
3Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: Groin pain, limping, pediatric, synchondrosis, Van Neck-Odelberg
Abstract
Ischiopubic region of pelvis is formed from two centers, the superomedial pubic center and the posterolateral ischial center. There is a strip of cartilage tissue between these two centers, called ischiopubic synchondrosis (IPS). Van Neck-Odelberg disease (VNOD) is a benign skeletal overgrowth of IPS. Two patients, a 10-year-old girl and a seven-year-old girl, were admitted to the outpatient clinic for left groin pain and limping. After physical examination and radiological evaluation, the patients were diagnosed with VNOD. Treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and activity restriction for three weeks was applied. No pain or limping was observed at one month of follow-up. In conclusion, non-specific groin pain and limping can be caused by VNOD. Trauma, post-traumatic osteolysis, stress fracture, osteomyelitis, and neoplasms are other pathologies that should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Citation: Korkmazer S, Kaptan AY, Eren TK, Sepetçi Ö, Tekpınar İ, Tıraş HM. A rare disease of the pediatric pelvis: Van NeckOdelberg disease. Jt Dis Relat Surg Case Rep 2022;1(1):15-18.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.