Osteochondritis dissecans is a combined condition whereby a varying amount of cuboid and its nearby fibrous drops its blood flow. Osteochondritis dissecans can include the cuboid and fibrous of almost any combined. Joints are most commonly affected. In this condition, avascular necrosis occurs in an area of subchondral bone followed usually by degenerative changes in the overlying cartilage.
In this condition, deformity is the chief complaint and the patient develops anterior bowing of the tibia of various severities. In a few cases, there could be pathological fractures.