Unilateral striae distensae of the knee after a steroid injection for the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease.
We report a 12-year-old girl with new diagnosisof right knee Osgood-Schlatter who developedhorizontal purple striae below the right tibial tubercletwo months after a right knee intra-articular steroidinjection. She is the second reported case of unilaterallocalized striae after an intra-articular steroid injectionand the first with triamcinalone as the corticosteroid.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas,. klwise@utmb.edu.
Kelsey
K
Wise
Donald
D
Warren
Lucia
L
Diaz
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D007719:Knee Joint; D055034:Osteochondrosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D057896:Striae Distensae / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000009:adverse effects*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014221:Triamcinolone