Unilateral striae distensae of the knee after a steroid injection for the treatment of Osgood-Schlatter disease

Dermatol Online J. 2017 Mar 15;23(3):13030/qt9g62f74c.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intra-Articular
  • Knee Joint*
  • Osteochondrosis / drug therapy*
  • Striae Distensae / chemically induced*
  • Triamcinolone / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Triamcinolone