Synonyms

Degenerative joint disease in a young adult

May Be Caused by

 Common

Acromegaly

Avascular necrosis

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease

Chondromalacia of patella

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Erosive osteoarthritis

Gout

Hemophilia

Infectious arthritis

Juvenile chronic arthritis

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Malalignment

Mechanical stress

Neuropathic arthropathy

Obesity

Rheumatoid arthritis

Scoliosis

Spinal osteoarthritis

Surgery

Thermal injury

Trauma

 Uncommon

Alkaptonuria

Amyloidosis

Congenital bone dysplasias

Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Exostosis

Familial Mediterranean fever

Hemochromatosis

Hydroxyapatite deposition disease

Idiopathic

Intra-articular chondroma

Jackhammer operator disease

Juvenile diabetes

Kashin-Beck disease

Macrodystrophia lipomatosa

Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia

Osteochondritis dissecans

Scheuermann disease

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia

Wilson disease