Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease
MONDO:0019970Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease is a type of osteochondrosis affecting the attachment of the patellar tendon to the patella and characterized by tenderness and localized swelling of the patella.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019970), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
5 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Knee painHPOHP:0030839
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Joint swellingHPOHP:0001386
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Limitation of knee mobilityHPOHP:0010501
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- OsteochondrosisHPOHP:0040188
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Painless fractures due to injuryHPOHP:0002661
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease
- Also called
- aseptic necrosis of patellaOsteochondrosis of patella